Victorian Current Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2024 - SECT 194

    (1)     An adjournment must not be granted under section 193(1) unless the child—

        (a)     does not deny responsibility for the alleged offence; and

        (b)     consents to the Court adjourning the proceeding for the purpose of the child participating in a diversion program.

    (2)     The fact that a child does not deny responsibility for an alleged offence—

        (a)     is inadmissible as evidence in a proceeding for that offence; and

        (b)     does not constitute a plea.