Saint Lucia

Criminal Code

CHAPTER THREE
Procedure

PART V
PRELIMINARY INQUIRIES AND COMMITTAL PROCEEDINGS

SUB-PART B
PROCEEDINGS TO COMPEL APPEARANCE OF ACCUSED AND WITNESS

Committal Proceedings

Committal for trial without consideration of evidence
799.— (1) For the purposes of subsection (2) of section 797, where the accused is represented by counsel and the Magistrate has been in¬formed that all the evidence for the prosecution has been given to the accused the Magistrate shall cause the charge to be written down, if this has not already been done, and read to the accused, and shall then ascer¬tain whether he or she wishes to—
(a) object to any of the prosecution statements being tendered in evidence;
(b) give evidence himself or herself or call witnesses; or
(c) submit that the prosecution statements disclose insufficient evi-dence to put him or her on trial by jury for the offence with which he or she is charged.

(2) If the Magistrate is satisfied that the accused or as the case may be, each of the accused persons, does not wish to take any of the steps mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1) and determines, after receiving any written statements tendered by the pros-ecution and the defence under section 800, to commit the accused for trial without consideration of the evidence the Magistrate shall proceed in accordance with subsection (3) and in any other case the Court shall proceed in accordance with section 798.

Keywords

Rights during trial - informed promptly and in detail of charges



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