JUSTICES ACT 1902 - SECT 78 Defendant to plead

This legislation has been repealed.

JUSTICES ACT 1902 - SECT 78

78 Defendant to plead

(1) Where the defendant appears at the hearing and has been provided with a written copy of any charges against the defendant, the substance of the information or complaint shall be stated to the defendant, and he or she shall be asked if he or she has any cause to show why he or she should not be convicted or why an order should not be made against the defendant, as the case may be.

(2) If he or she thereupon admits the truth of the information or complaint and shows no sufficient cause why he or she should not be convicted or why an order should not be made against him or her then the Justice or Justices present at the hearing shall convict him or her or make an order against him or her accordingly.

(3) If he or she does not admit the truth of the information or complaint then the said Justice or Justices shall proceed to hear the prosecutor or complainant and the witnesses whom he or she examines and such other evidence as he or she adduces in support of the information or complaint and to hear the defendant and the witnesses whom he or she examines and such other evidence as he or she adduces in his or her defence.