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12 Legal practitioners must request that particular directions be given or not given

After the matters in issue have been identified in accordance with section 11, the prosecution and defence counsel must each request that the trial judge give, or not give, to the jury particular directions in respect of—

(a) the matters in issue; and

(b) the evidence in the trial relevant to the matters in issue.

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