Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

[Index] [Table] [Database Search] [Name Search] [Previous] [Next] [Help]

Administration of Justice Law (No. 44 of 1973) - Sect 183

Case for the prosecution

183.
(1) The trial shall commence by the prosecutor stating his case to the court. The witnesses for the prosecution shall then be examined.
(2) When the case for the prosecution is closed, if the court wholly discredits the "evidence led by the prosecution or is of opinion that such evidence fails to establish the commission of the offence alleged in the indictment or of any other offence of which the accused might be convicted on such indictment a, verdict of acquittal shall be recorded.


[Index] [Table] [Database Search] [Name Search] [Previous] [Next] [Help]