60. Court may give sentence indication

60. Court may give sentence indication

At any time during a proceeding for a summary offence or an indictable offence that may be heard and determined summarily, the Magistrates' Court may indicate that, if the accused pleads guilty to the charge for the offence at that time, the court would be likely to impose on the accused-

(a) a sentence of imprisonment that commences immediately; or

(b) a sentence of a specified type.

Note

Section 126 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 enables the court to close a proceeding to the public.

Nothing in Division 3 of Part 3.3 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 requires a magistrate to give a sentencing indication if they do not wish to.