Victorian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 (NO. 7 OF 2009) - SECT 134

    (1)     If a witness who is required to attend a committal hearing does not attend, the Magistrates' Court may—

        (a)     adjourn the hearing; or

        (b)     cause a warrant to arrest or summons to be issued to compel the attendance of the witness; or

        (c)     continue the committal hearing in the absence of the witness if satisfied that it would not be unfair to the accused to do so.

    (2)     If the Magistrates' Court continues the committal hearing in the absence of the witness referred to in subsection (1), the statement or recorded evidence or examination of the witness is inadmissible in evidence in the committal hearing.