Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 8 ProcedureChapter 62 Trial—adjournment—pleas— practice[s 597B](2) The procedure on the separate trial of a count shall be thesame in all respects as if the count had been set out in aseparate indictment.(3) The court may adjourn a separate trial, remand the accusedperson and make such orders as to bail and otherwise as thecourt thinks fit.(4) For the purposes of this section—adjourn a separate trial includes postpone a separate trial in acase where the accused person has not been called upon toplead to a count in an indictment.597B Separate trialsWhen 2 or more persons are charged in the same indictment,whether with the same offence or with different offences, thecourt may, at any time during the trial, on the application ofany of the accused persons, direct that the trial of the accusedpersons or any of them shall be had separately from the trial ofthe other or others of them, and for that purpose may, if a juryhas been sworn, discharge the jury from giving a verdict as toany of the accused persons.Chapter division 9Pleas597C Accused person to be called on to plead to indictment(1) On the presentation of the indictment or at any later time, theaccused person is to be informed in open court of the offencewith which he or she is charged, as set forth in the indictment,and is to be called upon to plead to the indictment, and to saywhether he or she is guilty or not guilty of the charge.(2) If the indictment contains more than one count, a plea to anynumber of counts may, with the consent of the accusedperson, be taken at one and the same time on the basis that theplea to one count will be treated as a plea to any number ofsimilar counts on the same indictment.Page 400 Current as at 1 December 2014