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368: Adjourning trial for witnesses
or “The judge can pause the trial to give time for people to come and tell what they know.”
You could also call this:

“This used to be about things people said they did wrong in court, but it's not used anymore.”

This part of the law used to be about admissions in trials and sentences. However, it no longer exists. The government removed this section on 1 August 2007. They did this when they made changes to the Evidence Act 2006. If you want to know more about admissions in trials now, you might need to look at the Evidence Act 2006 instead.

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Next up: 369A: Prosecution may withdraw in certain cases

or “The law used to let people who started a case stop it if they wanted to, but this rule doesn't exist anymore.”
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Part 12 Procedure
Trial and sentence

369Admissions (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 369: repealed, on , by section 215 of the Evidence Act 2006 (2006 No 69).