160Closing address to jury by accused person

#### 160 Closing address to jury by accused person 160 Closing address to jury by accused person > > (1) An accused person or his or her Australian legal practitioner may address the jury after the close of the evidence for the defence and any evidence in reply by the Crown and after the prosecutor has made a closing address to the jury or declined to make a closing address to the jury. > > > (2) If, in the accused person’s closing address, relevant facts are asserted that are not supported by any evidence that is before the jury, the court may grant leave for the Crown to make a supplementary address to the jury replying to any such assertion. > > **s 160 (previously s 98):** Renumbered 2001 No 119, Sch 1 \[71\]. Am 2001 No 119, Sch 1 \[72\]; 2006 No 120, Sch 3.7 \[9\].