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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 102 Disposal of proceedings by higher court

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 102

Disposal of proceedings by higher court

102 Disposal of proceedings by higher court

(1) The District Court or the Supreme Court may, on the basis of a court attendance notice, indictment or charge certificate, proceed to sentence or otherwise deal with an accused person brought before the Court under section 97 as if the accused person had on arraignment at any sittings of the Court pleaded guilty to the offence on an indictment filed or presented by the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(2) An accused person who is sentenced or otherwise dealt with under this section is for the purposes of any Act or law (whether enacted before or after the commencement of this section) taken to be convicted on indictment of the offence concerned.