PART VI - PROCEDURE IN TRIALS BEFORE MAGISTRATES’ COURTS

193 Accused to be called upon to plead

(1) The substance of the charge or complaint shall be stated to the accused person by the court, and he shall be asked whether he admits or denies the truth of the charge.

(2) If the accused person admits the truth of the charge, his admission shall be recorded as nearly as possible in the words used by him, and the court shall convict him and pass sentence upon or make an order against him, unless there shall appear to it sufficient cause to the contrary.

PART VIII - PROCEDURE IN TRIALS BEFORE THE HIGH COURT ON INFORMATION

247 Plea of “guilty”

If the accused pleads “guilty” the plea shall be recorded and he may be convicted thereon.

PART IX - APPEALS FROM MAGISTRATES’ COURTS AND CASES STATED


271 Limitation of appeal on plea of guilty and in petty cases

(1) No appeal shall be allowed in the case of an accused person who has pleaded guilty and has been convicted of such plea by a magistrate’s court, except as to the extent or legality of the sentence.

(2) Save with the leave of the High Court, no appeal shall be allowed in a case in which a magistrate’s court has passed a sentence of a fine not exceeding $10 only, notwithstanding that a sentence of imprisonment has been passed by such court in default of the payment of such fine, if no substantive sentence of imprisonment has also been passed.

(3) No conviction or sentence, which would not otherwise