PART IVPROCEDURE AT THE HEARING

Examination of witnesses62

1

The court may allow a request that the cross-examination or re-examination of a witness be postponed if it is satisfied that there is a good reason for such a request and that there is no injustice to the accused in doing so.

2

The magistrate may question any witness.

3

A member of the court sitting with the magistrate and an assessor may, with the magistrate’s permission, question any witness.

4

If in the opinion of the court it is in the interests of justice to do so, the court may at any time—

a

call any witness whom it has not already heard;

b

recall a witness;

c

permit the accused or the prosecutor to recall a witness.