CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 (NO. 7 OF 2009) - SECT 60 Court may give sentence indication
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 (NO. 7 OF 2009) - SECT 60
Court may give sentence indicationAt any time during a proceeding for a summary offence or an indictable offence that may be heard and determined summarily, the Magistrates' Court may indicate that, if the accused pleads guilty to the charge for the offence at that time, the court would be likely to impose on the accused—
(a) a sentence of imprisonment that commences immediately; or
(b) a sentence of a specified type.
Note
Section 126 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 enables the court to close a proceeding to the public.