Tuvalu

Criminal Procedure Code

PART VIII - PROCEDURE IN TRIALS BEFORE THE HIGH COURT ON INFORMATION

257 The defence

The accused person or the advocate or other person defending him may then open his case, stating the facts or law on which be intends to rely, and making such comments as he thinks necessary on the evidence for the prosecution; and the accused person may then give evidence on his own behalf and he or the advocate or other person defending him may examine his witnesses (if any), and after their cross-examination and re-examination (if any) may sum up his case.

Keywords

Fair trial standards
Rights during trial - examine witnesses
Rights during trial - raise defences
Rights during trial - unsworn oral or written statement in defence



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