Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 440

440. (1) The record of the inquiry, documents and exhibits filed in the registry of the court by the Attorney General or t he accused shall be accessible to the Attorney General and to the accused or his advocate or legal procurator. Preservation of documents, etc., by registrar. (2) The registrar shall take th e necessary precautions for the preservation of all the documents, exhibits, and record in the state in which they are at the mom ent in which they are filed. Inadmissibility of witnesses, etc., without leave of court. (3) No witness, document or exhibit, which is not indicated in the lists or filed as provided in article 438, may be produced at the trial, without special leave of the court. When leave is granted. (4) Leave shall only be granted i f the evidence is considered to be relevant, and the Attorney G eneral or the party accused shal l not have been prejudiced by the omission from the said list or by t he default of filing within the t erm specified in article 438. Powers of court.(5) Nevertheless, if in the cours e of the trial, the necessity o r utility shall arise of examining any witness or of having for a ctual inspection any document or exhibit not indicated in the list of any of the parties, the court may ex officio cause such witness to be called and examined, or cause the document or exhibit which was not indicated in the list, to be produced. Summoning of witnesses. Amended by: IX.1859.24; V .1868.26; XI.1900.75; L.N. 46 of 1965; LVIII.1974.68; VIII.1990.3; XXIV .1995.362; III.2002.104.