South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts115A—Pleas to alternative offences and attempts in the Magistrates Court
(1) If, in the
Magistrates Court, a person pleads not guilty to an offence charged but guilty
to—
(a) some
other offence of which the person might be found guilty on trial for the
offence charged; or
(b) an
attempt to commit the offence charged,
and the plea of guilty is accepted by the prosecution, then the Court
may—
(c) if
the offence to which the person pleads guilty is a major indictable
offence—commit the person to a superior court for sentence or sentence
the person in accordance with section 116; or
(d) in
any other case—sentence the person.
(2) If a person
(having pleaded not guilty to an offence charged referred to in
subsection (1)) changes or withdraws a plea of guilty accepted under that
subsection, nothing in this section is to be taken to prevent the filing of a
fresh information in respect of the offence charged.