{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-24.7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-24.7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025",
  "path": "rule/24.7",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "24.7",
  "heading": "Procedure on plea of guilty",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies if—\n(a) the defendant pleads guilty; and\n(b) the court is satisfied that the plea represents a clear acknowledgement of guilt.\n(2) The court may convict the defendant without receiving evidence.\n[Note. See section 9 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.]",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 24.7 in force at 6.10.2025, see Preamble"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 43."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/721",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/721",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/24.7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:12:44.140935+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}