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Youth Justice Act 1992
sec.106Child may change plea of guilty
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### sec.106 Child may change plea of guilty
A child who appears before a Childrens Court judge after being committed to be sentenced on an indictable offence is in all cases entitled to enter a plea of not guilty when called on to enter a plea under the Criminal Code , section 600 .
To the extent that this section is inconsistent with the Criminal Code , section 600 , this section prevails.
Evidence that the child previously entered a plea of guilty at the committal proceeding is not admissible in the trial following the change of plea.
s 106 sub 2002 No. 39 s 26
(sec.106-ssec.1) A child who appears before a Childrens Court judge after being committed to be sentenced on an indictable offence is in all cases entitled to enter a plea of not guilty when called on to enter a plea under the Criminal Code , section 600 .
(sec.106-ssec.2) To the extent that this section is inconsistent with the Criminal Code , section 600 , this section prevails.
(sec.106-ssec.3) Evidence that the child previously entered a plea of guilty at the committal proceeding is not admissible in the trial following the change of plea.