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Criminal Procedure Act 2011

Preliminary provisions - Who may conduct proceedings

11: Who may conduct proceedings for defendant

You could also call this:

"Who can help you or speak for you in court"

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If you are the defendant in a court case, your case can be conducted by a lawyer. You can also conduct your own case if you want to. If the defendant is a company, a representative of the company can conduct the case, but only if the company says they can, and what a representative is, is defined in section 5.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions
Who may conduct proceedings

11Who may conduct proceedings for defendant

  1. The defendant's case may be conducted by—

  2. a lawyer; or
    1. the defendant personally; or
      1. if the defendant is a corporation, a representative (as defined in section 5) to the extent authorised by the corporation.

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