253B
CurrentWhen finding of guilt occurs
Chapter 5Trial on indictment
Part 5.8General
Division 4Procedure on guilty plea or guilty verdict
253B When finding of guilt occurs
S. 253B inserted by No. 30/2010 s. 62, amended by No. 48/2012 s. 15.
If—
(a)
on arraignment, an accused enters a plea of guilty to a charge for an offence; or
(b)
a jury delivers a verdict finding an accused guilty of an offence—
then at that moment the accused is found guilty of the offence unless the judge sets aside the plea or verdict.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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