Western Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2004 - SECT 65

65 .         Trials, procedure on

        (1)         The procedure to be followed by a court of summary jurisdiction in a trial is in this Part and Part 5.

        (2)         If there is an inconsistency between this Part and Part 5, this Part prevails.

        (3)         To the extent that the procedure to be followed by a court of summary jurisdiction in a trial is not in this Part or Part 5, the procedure to be followed is to be the same as that followed in a criminal trial in the Supreme Court without a jury.

        (4)         Without limiting subsection (3), the procedure to be followed in a court of summary jurisdiction in relation to —

            (a)         the order in which the parties present their cases; and

            (b)         the examination, cross-examination and re-examination of witnesses; and

            (c)         the admission of evidence; and

            (d)         any submission of no case to answer,

                is to be the same as that followed in a criminal trial in the Supreme Court, unless this Act provides otherwise.