Northern Territory Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (COMMITTALS REFORM) ACT 2010 (NO 31 OF 2010) - SECT 19

(1)     Section 153(1)(a)

omit

any person

substitute

an oral witness

(2)     Section 153(1)(a), at the end

insert

and

(3)     Section 153(1)(b)

omit

(4)     Section 153(1)(c)

omit

person

substitute

witness

(5)     Section 153(1)(c)

omit

defendant,

substitute

defendant;

(6)     Section 153(1)

omit

person.

substitute

witness.

(7)     After section 153(3)

insert

    (4)     In this section:

oral witness means a person:

    (a)     for whom leave to cross-examine has been granted under section 105H; or

    (b)     for whom leave to give oral evidence has been granted under section 105J(6) or (7); or

    (c)     whom the defendant desires to call as a witness under section 110.