157Change to guilty plea during trial

#### 157 Change to guilty plea during trial 157 Change to guilty plea during trial > > (1) If an accused person pleads “guilty” to an offence at any time after having been given into the charge of a jury, and the court accepts the plea, the court is to discharge the jury from giving a verdict in the matter and to find the accused person guilty of the offence. > > > (2) The finding has effect as if it were the verdict of the jury, and the accused person is liable to punishment accordingly. > > **ss 152–157 (previously ss 86–91):** Renumbered 2001 No 119, Sch 1 \[68\].