Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 520
520. (1) Saving any other provisions of this Code, the
following provisions of the Code of Organization and Civil
Procedure shall, except in so far as it is otherwise provided in this
Code, apply mutatis mutandis to the courts of criminal justice:
(a) articles 8, 10 to 12, 16 and 17, 23 to 30, 57 to 61, and
65 to 76 regarding the organisation of the courts;
(b) articles 97 to 106, 108 to 110, 113 and 114, 119A and
123 regarding judicial times;
(c) sub-articles (4), (5) and (6) of article 143, and articles
175 and 205;
(d) articles 558 to 662 relating to evidence in general; and
(e) articles 627 to 633, and articles 635 to 637 relating to
documentary evidence and the production of documents
which are in the possess ion of other persons.
Power of court
in respect of
superfluous
evidence.
(2) It shall be in the power of the said courts to exclude from
the evidence or pleadings, or fr om the defence, all matter whic h, in
the opinion of the court, may cause unnecessary delay, or which
may be irrelevant or extraneou s to the natur e of the case.
Registry and
registrar.
First part of sec.
30 of Ord. VI
of 1880,
incorporated.
Substituted by:
XXXI.2002.204.
Cap.12.
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