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Repeal and
replacement of section 51.
(2) Where a person charged with an indictable
offence has been committed for trial, the indictment
against him may include, either in substitution for
or in addition to counts charging the offence for
which he was committed, any counts founded on facts
or evidence disclosed in any depositions, being
counts which may lawfully be joined in the same
indictment.
5.
Section 51 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and
replaced by the following -
"Trial of offences. 1967, c.58, s.6.
51. (1) If a person is arraigned on an
indictment
(a) he shall in all cases be entitled to make
a plea of not guilty in addition to any
demurrer or special plea;
(b) he may plead not guilty to the offence
specifically charged in the indictment but
guilty to another offence of which he might
be found guilty on that indictment;
(c) if he stands mute of malice, or will not
answer directly to the indictment, or
pleads guilty to a charge of a capital
offence, the court may order a plea of not
guilty to be entered on his behalf, and he
shall then be treated as having pleaded
not guilty.