Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsPlea at guilty may be recorded and accused convicted thereon
| 205. If the accused pleads guilty and it appears to the satisfaction of the Judge that he rightly comprehends the effect of his plea, the plea shall be recorded on the indictment and he may be convicted thereon: Provided that when the indictment so pleaded to is one of murder the Judge may refuse to receive the plea and cause the trial to proceed in like manner as if the accused person had pleaded not guilty. |