New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 97

97 Guilty pleas and committal for sentence

(1) An accused person may at any time in committal proceedings plead guilty to an offence.

(2) The Magistrate may accept or reject a guilty plea.

(3) The Magistrate must not accept a guilty plea before the time at which an accused person may be committed for sentence under section 95.

(4) Rejection of a guilty plea does not prevent an accused person from pleading guilty at a later stage in the committal proceedings.

(5) If the guilty plea is rejected by the Magistrate, the committal proceedings continue as if the accused person had not pleaded guilty.

(6) If the guilty plea is accepted, the Magistrate must commit the accused person to the District Court or the Supreme Court for sentence.