Victorian Numbered Regulations

MAGISTRATES' COURT (CRIMINAL PROCEDURE) RULES 2006 (SR NO 55 OF 2006) - REG 10.01

For the purposes of clause 11(1)(a) of Schedule 5 to the Act, the following caution or a caution to the same effect must be read to the defendant—

        (a)     Before asking you if you wish to enter a plea to this charge/these charges or any of them (as the case may be) or to reserve your plea, it is my duty to warn you that you are not obliged to enter any plea today. If, however, you do plead guilty to this charge/these charges or any of them (as the case may be) today or at any time before or during your trial, the court which sentences you may take into account your plea of guilty and also the stage in the proceedings at which you pleaded guilty or indicated an intention to plead guilty.

        (b)     Whatever you say here today will be taken down in writing and may be used in evidence at your trial. Nothing I have said alters your right to plead not guilty to this charge/these charges or any of them (as the case may be).

        (c)     Are you guilty or not guilty of this charge?

        (d)     (Where there is more than one charge) Is there any charge before the Court to which you plead guilty?

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