CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 - SECT 138 Procedure on accused's attendance after absence
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 - SECT 138
Procedure on accused's attendance after absenceIf an accused—
(a) has been absent from a committal hearing; and
(b) was not represented by a legal practitioner during the absence—
then, on the accused's attendance, the Magistrates' Court—
(c) must direct that—
(i) the record of evidence be played or read in the presence of the accused; or
(ii) the accused be supplied with a transcript of the evidence; and
(d) may, on the application of the
accused and subject to section 124, recall for further examination any witness
who gave oral evidence during the accused's absence.
Part 4.8—Evidence in committal proceeding