Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 - SECT 23FD

  (1)   The accused may enter a plea of guilty, or not guilty, to a count in the indictment.

Note:   The Court may reject a plea of guilty in the interests of justice (see subsection   23FJ(1)).

  (2)   The accused is taken to have entered a plea of not guilty to a count in the indictment if the accused fails to enter a plea to the count when directed by the Court.

Note:   A failure to enter a plea includes a failure to say anything and a failure to give a direct answer.

  (3)   The accused may both:

  (a)   enter a plea to a count in the indictment; and

  (b)   object to the count.