(a)the filing of the Case for the Prosecution and the Case for the Defence;
Section history
Section 160 — Criminal case disclosure conference
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
(1)The prosecution and the accused2018defence2018 shall2021must2021 attend a criminal case disclosure conference as directed by a court in accordance with this Division for the purpose of settling the following matters:
(b)any issues of fact or law which are to be tried by the trial judge at the trial proper;
(c)the list of witnesses to be called by the parties to the trial;
(d)the statements, documents or exhibits which are intended by the parties to the case to be admitted at the trial; and2021
(e)the trial date.
(2)The Magistrate or District Judge who presides over a criminal case disclosure conference must not make any order in relation to any matter referred to2021mentioned2021 in subsection (1) in the absence of any party if the order is prejudicial to that party.
(3)Where an accused claims trial, the Magistrate or District Judge who had presided over the criminal case disclosure conference in relation to the accused’s case must not conduct the trial.
Subsection (4) — Original text to 17 September 2018superseded
(4)Where an accused informs the court during any criminal case disclosure conference conducted under this Division that he intends to plead guilty to the charge, the court must fix a date for his plea to be taken in accordance with Division 3 of Part XI.
Subsection (4) — From 17 September 2018 (current)rewritten by Criminal Justice Reform Act 2018
(4)Where the defence informs the court during any criminal case disclosure conference conducted under this Division that the accused intends to plead guilty to the charge, the court must fix a date for the accused’s plea to be taken in accordance with Division 3 of Part XI.202111.2021