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In forcePlea of not guilty and refusal to plead
Part 5Indictable offences
Division 6Pleas and proceedings on trial in superior court
129 Plea of not guilty and refusal to plead
(1)
A person arraigned on an information who pleads not guilty will, by that plea, without any further form, be taken to have put themself on the country for trial (and the court must, in the usual manner, proceed to the trial of that person accordingly).
(2)
If any person, being so arraigned, refuses or fails to enter a plea to the information, it is lawful for the court to order a plea of not guilty to be entered on the person's behalf and the person will be treated as if the person had pleaded not guilty.
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