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Crimes Act 1900
285Accused may be defended by lawyer
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285 Accused may be defended by lawyer
(1) An accused person has the right in any court to—
(a) make a full answer and defence to a charge by a lawyer; and
(b) reserve the person’s address until after the close of the evidence
for the defence.
(2) If the accused person reserves the person’s address until after the
close of the evidence for the defence, all evidence in reply for the
prosecution must be given before the person’s address.