The amendment in
my proposed
prosecutor
to
limits the right of a
subclause 2(a)
amend this case in
that the judge must be satisfied that it was necessitated
by matters over which the prosecutor has no control and
Le which could not foresee. For example, a person who has
refused to be a crown witness later agreed to do So,
thereby providing more evidence to the prosecutor not
covered by the original case statement.
The other
condition is that the judge shall only grant leave when he
is satisfied that it is in the interest of justice to do
so. My proposed clause 2(b) requires a prosecutor who has
amended this case statement to serve a copy of the same on
the accused and deliver a copy to the court.
My proposed subclause 2 (c) enables the accused
with leave of the judge and at the preparatory hearing to
心 withdraw any admission of fact or document that it might
have made before he has been served with the amended
statement. This is to ensure that the
prosecution case
will
accused were not be
prejudiced by the change in the
prosecution's case.
Section 16, my first amendment here
relates to
word ' and
This is
subclause (a) and are seek to add the
infleunces' after the words 'the facts'.
consequential on the amendment proposed to be made to
clause 13(1)(a) above. My second amendment relates to
subparagraph to subclause (b) which in its unamended form