Section 139Part 6 — Procedure in Trials before the Grand Court
Additional witnesses for the defence
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The accused person shall be allowed to examine any witness not previously bound over to give evidence at the trial if such witness is in attendance. If the accused person apprehends that any such witness will not attend the trial voluntarily, the accused person shall be entitled to apply for the issue of process to compel such witness's attendance: Provided that no accused person or prosecutor shall be entitled as of right to any adjournment to secure the attendance of any witness unless that person shows that such person could not, by reasonable diligence, have taken earlier steps to obtain the presence of the witness.