Text as at 1 July 2026
This provision has not been checked by a human. The text below was read automatically from the official PDF and has not yet been verified against it, so it may differ from the provision as published — in its wording, its numbering, or where one provision ends and the next begins. For the authorised text, see legislation.vic.gov.au.

207 Court may give sentence indication

How this provision has changed across versions can't be shown yet: the versions of this Act held here were read by different versions of the parser, and comparing them would report the parsers' own disagreements as amendments. Re-parse every version to restore it.
Explained inBill clause 207
(1)At any time after the indictment is filed but before the trial commences, the court may indicate that, if the accused pleads guilty to any charge on the indictment at that time or another charge, the court would be likely to impose on the accused—
(a)a sentence of a specified type; or
(b)a specified maximum total effective sentence.
See section 210 for when a trial commences.
(2)A sentence indication is given in relation to any charges specified in the application under section 208, not an individual charge.
The Open Courts Act 2013 enables the court to close a proceeding or part of a proceeding to the public.