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Contents » Chapter 4 - COMMITTAL PROCEEDING PART 4.1—PRELIMINARY
Clause 152 Taking of evidence after committal
(1)If the accused obtains an order under section 150(1), the DPP may appear at the hearing at which evidence is taken and address the Magistrates' Court.
(2)On making an order under section 150(1) or at the hearing at which evidence is taken, the Magistrates' Court may make any order with respect to the examination or cross-examination of the person giving evidence under this section if the court considers that it is in the interests of justice to do so.
(3)A witness referred to in section 123 must not be cross-examined when giving evidence under this section.
(4)A person cross-examining a witness giving evidence under this section is not limited to cross- examining on the issue with respect to which the order was made under section 150(1).
(5)Section 132 applies in relation to the cross- examination of a person giving evidence under this section as if the person were a witness in the course of cross-examination in a committal hearing.
(6)Section 133 applies as if a reference to a committal hearing were a reference to a hearing at which evidence is given under this section.
(7)The evidence of a person given under this section must be given and recorded in the same manner as evidence at a committal hearing.
(8)The record of the evidence of any person given under this section—
(a)must be forwarded as soon as possible to the DPP by the registrar; and
(b)has effect and must be treated as if it were a record of evidence given at the committal hearing. __________________ PART 4.12—GENERAL