The Court shall not commence a trial and the accused shall not be called upon to plead to the charge of an offence, unless the Court is satisfied that:
Criminal Procedure Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues the English text as an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation or whether this text reflects later legal changes.
Article 100
What to Disclose · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
the accused knows that he is entitled before trial to disclosure of the prosecution case;
the accused has been given a copy of the charge or charges against him in that prosecution; and
disclosure of the prosecution case has been made with adequate time to prepare for trial.
The accused is entitled, from the prosecutor:
to receive a copy of any relevant statement made by him;
to inspect anything that the prosecutor proposes to introduce as an exhibit;
to receive a copy of any relevant statement made by any person and recorded in writing or, in the absence of a statement, a written summary of the information provided by that person;
to inspect the electronic recording of any relevant statement made by a person whom the prosecutor proposes to call as a witness;
to receive, where his request demonstrates the relevance of such information, a copy of the criminal record of any alleged victim or proposed witness;
to receive, where known to the police officer or prosecutor in charge of the investigation, and not protected from disclosure by law, the name and address of any other person who could be called as a witness or other details enabling that person to be identified; and
to receive any other relevant information that might assist the accused in the preparation of his defenses, whether the prosecutor intends to use such information as evidence at trial or not.