27ATaking plea if joint charge

27A Taking plea if joint charge

[Section 27A Inserted by No. 1 of 2003, s. 7, Applied:16 Apr 2003]

(1)  If a youth is jointly charged with an adult in respect of an offence, the youth is to enter his or her plea to the charge in the court in which the adult is to enter his or her plea.

(2)  If a youth is jointly charged with an adult in respect of an offence, the court in which the youth's plea is entered must, after taking that plea and if the proceedings are to be continued in the Court, make an order –

(a) transferring the proceedings to the Court; and

(b) committing the youth to custody or releasing the youth on bail, with or without sureties, to be brought or to appear before the Court.