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MAGISTRATES COURT (CRIMINAL AND GENERAL DIVISION) ACT 2019 (NO. 43 OF 2019) - SECT 110

Entering plea
(1)  In pleading to an indictable offence, the defendant may plead –
(a) that he or she is guilty of the offence charged; or
(b) that he or she is not guilty of the offence charged; or
(c) if the Director of Public Prosecutions consents in writing, that he or she is not guilty of the offence charged but is guilty of another offence of which he or she might be convicted for the offence charged; or
(d) that further proceedings may not be taken in respect of the charge; or
(e) that he or she has cause to show why he or she should not be convicted of the offence charged; or
(f) that he or she has previously been found guilty or not guilty of the offence charged.
(2)  If the defendant, on being asked to plead to a charge under section 107 or 109 , stands mute, refuses to plead or does not answer directly to the charge, the defendant is taken to have pleaded not guilty.
(3)  If the defendant pleads guilty and is to be sentenced by the Supreme Court –
(a) the plea is to be recorded by the Court; and
(b) that record is to be signed, or authorised as being correct, by the defendant in the manner prescribed by the rules of court.



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