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Criminal Procedure Act 1986
198Absent accused person taken to have pleaded not guilty
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198 Absent accused person taken to have pleaded not guilty
198 Absent accused person taken to have pleaded not guilty
An accused person in proceedings who is absent from the proceedings and who has not lodged a written plea of guilty in accordance with section 182 is taken to have pleaded not guilty.
s 198: Ins 2001 No 119, Sch 1 [82].