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Clause 223 Jury documents

(1)For the purpose of helping the jury to understand the issues or the evidence, the trial judge may order, at any time during the trial, that copies of any of the following are to be given to the jury in any form that the trial judge considers appropriate—

(a)the indictment;

(b)the summary of the prosecution opening;

(c)the response of the accused to the summary of the prosecution opening and the response of the accused to the notice of pre-trial admissions of the prosecution;

(d)any document admitted as evidence;

(e)any statement of facts;

(f)the opening and closing addresses of the prosecution and the accused;

(g)any address of the trial judge to the jury under section 222;

(h)any schedules, chronologies, charts, diagrams, summaries or other explanatory material;

See sections 29(4) and 50 of the Evidence Act 2008.

(i)transcripts of evidence or audio or audiovisual recordings of evidence;

(j)transcripts of any audio or audiovisual recordings;

(k)the trial judge's directions to the jury under section 238;

(l)any other document that the trial judge considers appropriate.

(2)The trial judge may specify in an order under subsection (1) when any material is to be given to the jury.