Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015

Section 219 - Recall of witnesses when charge is revised

Where a charge is altered, amended or substituted after the commencement of the trial, the prosecutor and the defendant shall be allowed to recall or re-summon and examine any witness who may have been examined and to call any further witness;provided that such examination shall be limited to the alteration, amendment or substitution made.

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