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F1Procedure at TrialS

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F1123 Amendment of indictment.S

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F1124 On plea of guilty, jury to be dispensed with and sentence pronounced.S

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F1125 On plea of not guilty, plea to be recorded and jury balloted.S

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F1126 On plea of not guilty, the indictment need not be read over.S

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F1127 Procedure where trial does not take place.S

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F1128 Provision for death or illness of judge.S

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F1129 Jury to be chosen by ballot in open court.S

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F1130 Challenges and objections to jurors.S

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F1131 Juror without citation not to be objected to.S

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F1132 Jurors chosen for one trial may continue to serve.S

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F1133 Jurors may be excused.S

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F1134 Provision for death or illness of jurors.S

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F1135. Clerk to state charge, and swear jury.S

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F1136 Trial to be continuous.S

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F1137 Seclusion of jury.S

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F1137A Verdict by judge alone.S

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F1138 Witnesses not to be excluded by reason of conviction, interest, etc.S

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F1139 Witnesses admissible notwithstanding relationship to parties.S

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F1139A Power to permit witness to be in court during trial.S

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F1140 Presence in court not to disqualify witnesses in certain cases.S

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F1140A No case to answer.S

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F1141 Accused and spouse competent witnesses for defence.S

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F1141ZA Evidence of criminal record and character of accused.S

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F1141A Evidence in relation to sexual offences.S

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F1141B Exceptions to prohibition.S

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F1143 Spouse to be competent witness.S

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F1145 Trial in open court.S

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14F17 Witness may be examined, etc., as to having previously made a different statement.S

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F1148 Examination of witness.S

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F1148A Recall of witnesses.S

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F1149 Additional evidence.S

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F1149A Evidence in replication.S

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F1150 Admissions and agreements as to evidence.S

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F1151 Record of proceedings at examination to be received in evidence without being sworn to by witnesses.S

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F1152 Defence to speak last.S

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F1153 Seclusion of jury, etc., after retiral.S

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F1154 Oral verdicts to be returned by juries.S

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F1155 Verdicts may be returned by juries without retiring.S

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F1155A Taking of other proceedings while jury out.S

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F1156 Interruption of trial for verdict in earlier trial.S

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F1157 Interruption of trial for plea or sentence in another cause.S

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F1158 No proceeding under section 156 or 157 of this Act to be deemed an irregularity.S

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F1159 Previous convictions.S

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F1160 Laying of previous convictions before jury.S

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F1161 Laying of previous convictions before judge.S

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F1162 Extract convictions to be received and manner of proof.S

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F1164 Proof of previous convictions by fingerprints.S

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