Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 285

    (1)     An accused person has the right in any court to—

        (a)     make a full answer and defence to a charge by a lawyer; and

        (b)     reserve the person's address until after the close of the evidence for the defence.

    (2)     If the accused person reserves the person's address until after the close of the evidence for the defence, all evidence in reply for the prosecution must be given before the person's address.