Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 10 · Pre-Trial Procedures in General Division of High Court
214. Contents of Case for the Prosecution
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The Case for the Prosecution must contain the following:
Case for the Prosecution
“Case for the Prosecution” means the document by that name mentioned in section 162;
a copy of the charge which the prosecution intends to proceed with at the trial;
a summary of the facts in support of the charge;
a list of the names of the witnesses for the prosecution;
a list of exhibits that are intended by the prosecution to be admitted at the trial;
the statements of the witnesses under section 264 that are intended by the prosecution to be admitted at the trial; (e)any written statement made by the accused at any time and recorded by an officer of a law enforcement agency under any law, which the prosecution intends to adduce in evidence as part of the case for the prosecution;
a list of every statement, made by the accused at any time to an officer of a law enforcement agency under any law, that is recorded in the form of an audiovisual recording, and that the prosecution intends to adduce in evidence as part of the case for the prosecution;
for every statement mentioned in paragraph (f), a transcript (if any) of the audiovisual recording of that statement.
Where the Case for the Prosecution has been served on the defence, the prosecution must, if requested by the defence, arrange for the defence to view the audiovisual recording of each statement mentioned in subsection (1)(f) at a police station or at any other prescribed place.
audiovisual recording
“audiovisual recording” means an aggregate of visual images and sounds embodied in a thing, so as to be capable, by the use of that thing, of being produced electronically and shown as a moving picture with associated sounds;