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Evidence and Discovery Act 1867
sec.43Speeches to the jury
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### sec.43 Speeches to the jury
Upon the trial of any civil cause the addresses to the court or jury shall be regulated as follows—the party who begins or his or her counsel shall be allowed in the event of the party’s opponent not announcing at the close of the case of the party who begins his or her intention to adduce evidence to address the court or jury a second time at the close of such case for the purpose of summing up the evidence.
And the party on the other side or his or her counsel shall be allowed to open the case and also to sum up the evidence (if any).
And the right to reply shall be the same as at present.
(sec.43-ssec.1) Upon the trial of any civil cause the addresses to the court or jury shall be regulated as follows—the party who begins or his or her counsel shall be allowed in the event of the party’s opponent not announcing at the close of the case of the party who begins his or her intention to adduce evidence to address the court or jury a second time at the close of such case for the purpose of summing up the evidence.
(sec.43-ssec.2) And the party on the other side or his or her counsel shall be allowed to open the case and also to sum up the evidence (if any).
(sec.43-ssec.3) And the right to reply shall be the same as at present.