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Clause 138 Procedure on accused's attendance after absence

If an accused— then, on the accused's attendance, the Magistrates' Court—

(a)has been absent from a committal hearing; and

(b)was not represented by a legal practitioner during the absence—

(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