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Criminal Procedure Act 1986
154Plea of “not guilty”
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#### 154 Plea of “not guilty”
154 Plea of “not guilty”
> If an accused person arraigned on an indictment pleads “not guilty”, the accused person is taken to have put himself or herself on the country for trial, and the court is to order a jury for trial accordingly.
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> **ss 152–157 (previously ss 86–91):** Renumbered 2001 No 119, Sch 1 \[68\].