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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 85

Evidence of prosecution witness

85 Evidence of prosecution witness

(1) The evidence of a person who is directed to attend committal proceedings under this Division is to be given orally.
(2) The person may be examined by the prosecutor.
(3) The person may be cross-examined by the accused person and by the prosecutor.
(4) The Magistrate must not allow the person to be cross-examined in respect of matters that were not the basis of the reasons for giving the direction, unless the Magistrate is satisfied that there are substantial reasons why, in the interests of justice, the person should be examined in respect of those matters.



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