Western Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2004 (NO. 71 OF 2004) - SECT 145

145 .         Closing addresses

        (1)         When the parties have finished giving or adducing evidence in a trial, the prosecutor is entitled to give a closing address to the court about the whole case.

        (2)         Immediately after the prosecutor has given or declined to give a closing address, the accused is entitled to give a closing address to the court about the whole case.

        (3)         If in an accused’s closing address any fact is asserted that is not supported by evidence in the trial, the court may permit the prosecutor to give an address to the court in reply to the assertion.