194Procedure if offence not admitted

194 Procedure if offence not admitted

194 Procedure if offence not admitted

(1) If the accused person pleads not guilty or fails or refuses to make a plea or the court does not accept the accused person’s guilty plea, the court must proceed to hear and determine the matter.

(2) The court must hear the prosecutor, any witnesses and other evidence of the prosecutor and must hear the accused person and any witnesses and other evidence of the accused person.

s 194: Ins 2001 No 119, Sch 1 [82]. Am 2003 No 40, Sch 1.10 [5].