11. Clause 11 makes the preparatory hearing part of
the trial and requires the indictment to be read over to
the accused and the accused given the opportunity of
pleading at the commencement of the preparatory hearing.
12. Clause 12 requires the judge to order the
prosecutor to supply the accused and the court at the
preparatory hearing with a prosecution case statement,
being a concise account of the facts on which his case is
based, together with copies of the documentary evidence and
a list of the exhibits he intends to produce at the trial
before the jury. The prosecutor may not introduce evidence
at the trial before the jury which could not reasonably be
anticipated from the prosecution case statement, without
the leave of the judge.
13. Clause 13 enables the prosecution case statement
to be amended in the light of objections made by the
accused and any notices of additional evidence given by the
prosecutor. The prosecution case statement may not be
amended after the judge has ordered the accused to supply a
defence case outline.
14.
Clause 14 enables the judge to determine
questions raised by the accused regarding the admissibility
of evidence contained in the documents supplied under
section 12. If the accused does not raise objection to
such evidence at the preparatory hearing he may not do so
at the trial before the jury, unless the judge is satisifed
he could not reasonably have made the objection at the
preparatory hearing.
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