57Duty to provide further witness statements and summary of facts

### 57 Duty to provide further witness statements and summary of facts > *\[Section 57 Substituted by No. 45 of 1986, s. 10 \]**\[Section 57 Subsection (1) amended by No. 33 of 1963, s. 4 \]**\[Section 57 Subsection (1) amended by No. 108 of 1974, s. 38 and sched \]**\[Section 57 Subsection (2) added by No. 33 of 1963, s. 4 \]**\[Section 57 Subsection (4) amended by No. 66 of 1995, s. 8 \]**\[Section 57 Subsection (4) amended by No. 115 of 1986, s. 6 \]*[*\[Section 57 Substituted by No. 22 of 2007, s. 9, Applied:01 Feb 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-02-01/act-2007-022#GS9@EN) > > > (1)  In this section – > > > > > ***Commander*** means a commander appointed under [section 11 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2003-075#GS11@EN) [Police Service Act 2003](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2003-075) ; > > > > > ***relevant Commander*** means the Commander who has responsibilities in relation to the district in which the relevant proceedings are being conducted. > > > (2)  [*\[Section 57 Subsection (2) amended by No. 23 of 2009, s. 26, Applied:16 Jun 2009\]*](/view/html/inforce/2009-06-16/act-2009-023#GS26@EN) If, after copies of all witness statements have been served on a defendant or his or her lawyer as required by [section 56(3)(c)](#GS56@Gs3@Hpc@EN) , a statement or further statement from a witness is obtained by a police officer or other person investigating the offence, the relevant Commander is to serve a copy of that statement or further statement on the defendant or his or her lawyer as soon as is reasonably practicable. > > > (3)  If, after a summary of material facts has been served on a defendant or his or her legal practitioner as required by [section 56(3)(d)](#GS56@Gs3@Hpd@EN) , the relevant Commander becomes aware of additional material facts relevant to the charge or considers that the material facts relevant to the charge have changed, the relevant Commander is to serve a copy of a revised summary of the material facts on the defendant or his or her legal practitioner as soon as is reasonably practicable.