New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS) ACT 1987 - SECT 31G

31G Guilty pleas

(1) An accused person may at any time in committal proceedings under this Division plead guilty to the offence concerned.

(2) The Children's Court may accept or reject the guilty plea.

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

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