Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 104

104 Charge other than committal charge—election by legally represented child for trial with or without jury

(1) This section applies to a charge against a child of an indictable offence before a Childrens Court judge that is not a committal charge mentioned in section 102 .

(2) If the child is represented by a lawyer, the child may elect—

(a) to be tried before the judge sitting without a jury; or

(b) to be tried before the judge sitting with a jury.

(3) An election must happen before the child enters a plea to the charge.