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Section 159 — When criminal case disclosure procedures apply

Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.

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159.When criminal case disclosure procedures apply

(1)Subject to subsection (2), theThe criminal case disclosure procedures shall apply to an offence which ––

(a)is specified in the Second Schedule; and

(b)is to be tried in a District Court.

Subsection (2) — Original text to 14 February 2025superseded

(2)The criminal case disclosure procedures shalldo not apply if the accuseddefence, on or before the date of the first criminal case disclosure conference fixed by a court under section 161(1), or such other date to which the first criminal case disclosure conference is adjourned under section 238, informs the court that hethe accused does not wish to have the criminal case disclosure procedures apply.

Subsection (2) — From 14 February 2025 (current)repealed by Criminal Procedure (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2024

(2)[Deleted by Act 5 of 2024 wef 14/02/2025]

(3)For any offence other than an offence referred tomentioned in subsection (1), the criminal case disclosure procedures shalldo not apply unless all parties consent to have the procedures apply.