Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

MAGISTRATES COURT ACT 1930 - SECT 53

    (1)     The informant may—

        (a)     conduct his or her case personally or by a lawyer; and

        (b)     examine and cross-examine the witnesses giving evidence for or against the informant; and

        (c)     if the defendant gives any evidence or examines any witness about anything other than general character—call and examine witnesses in reply.

    (2)     The defendant may—

        (a)     fully answer and defend personally or by a lawyer; and

        (b)     give evidence; and

        (c)     examine and cross-examine the witnesses giving evidence for or against the defendant.