Cap. 9 · Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Cap. 9 чл. 454Recording of plea of "not guilty".
Title V of Part I of Book Second of this Code shall
(1) If the accused pleads not guilty, such plea shall be recorded.
(2) Where, under the provisions of the Judicial Proceedings
(Use of English Language) Act, the proceedings are to be conducted in the English language, the court shall, if no pleas have been raised as provided in article 438, or after the determination of such pleas, appoint the day on which the cause shall be tried before a special jury impanelled from the persons included in the list of special jurors for the trial of English-speaking persons as provided in article 605.
(3) On the day fixed for the trial the court shall impanel the jury and shall then proceed with the trial.
(4) Where the accused does not simply answer that he is guilty, any other answer, or his silence, shall be taken as a plea of not guilty.
(5) It shall not be lawful for the court, the Attorney General or the jury, during the trial, to put any other question to the accused with regard to the facts with which he is charged.
История на изменения
- Amended by IX.1982.2