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Crimes Act 1900
281Plea of not guilty
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281 Plea of not guilty If any person arraigned on an indictment pleads not guilty, he or she shall, without further form, be deemed to have put himself or herself on the country for trial, and the court shall, in the usual way, order a jury for his or her trial accordingly.