Criminal Justice Act, 1984
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Order of closing speeches. |
24.—(1) Notwithstanding any rule of law or practice, and notwithstanding anything contained in section 2 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1865 , the procedure at a trial on indictment as to the closing speeches for the prosecution and for the defence shall be as follows: | |
(a) the prosecution shall have the right to a closing speech in all cases except where the accused is not represented by counsel or a solicitor and does not call any witness (other than a witness to character only), and the defence shall have the right to a closing speech in all cases, and | ||
(b) the closing speech for the defence shall be made after that for the prosecution. | ||
(2) Section 3 of the Criminal Justice (Evidence) Act, 1924 , is hereby repealed. |