Section 42 Order of speeches.
(1)
Notwithstanding anything in section two of the M1Criminal Procedure Act 1865, as amended by section three of the M2Criminal Evidence Act 1898, the prosecution shall not be entitled to the right of reply upon the trial of any person on indictment on the ground only that documents have been put in evidence for the defence.
2),(3)
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Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 42(2)(3) repealed by Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 (c. 55), Sch. 6
Marginal citations
- M1
- M2