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Duty of the defendant to show how failure to call prosecution witnesses following an amendment of charges occasioned a miscarriage of justice
Effect of amendment of a charge
Effect of failure to call upon the accused person to plead to the charge after its amendment
Effect of failure to comply with the post-amendment procedure
Effect of failure to read and explain an amended charge to an accused person and to take his plea
Forms of amendment of a charge
Position of the law on the taking of fresh plea where more than one count is amended
Power of court to amend charges
Principles governing the amendment of charges
Procedure for amendment of a charge by the court
Procedure to be followed after a charge has been amended
Procedure to be followed by the court in amending charges
The principle that the plea of the accused person must be taken again after the charge is amended
The principle that where an accused is represented by counsel, the court is not under a duty to inform the accused of his right to recall or further cross-examine any witness
When an amendment of a charge takes effect
Whether a charge can be amended after final address
Whether a defective charge can be amended where the evidence adduced does not or is not likely to support a charge
Whether alteration of a charge can be extended to the framing of new charge in place of the original one
Whether an amended charge is connected to the original charge
Whether an amendment of a charge can be based on facts gathered from investigation conducted after the filing of the original charge/information
Whether an amendment relates back to the date of the filing of the charge
Whether failure by the judge to record who read and interpreted the amended charges to the accused or that it was read to his satisfaction, is fatal to the proceedings
Whether failure to comply with the post-amendment procedure will vitiate a trial
Whether failure to comply with the post-amendment procedure will vitiate the trial where the accused person is represented by counsel
Whether failure to invite the accused person to state whether he was ready to be tried into the amended charge is an irregularity
Whether in respect of a charge containing more than one count, it is only the counts amended that the accused person should plead to
Whether leave must be obtained before a charge is amended
Whether the court can, suo motu, amend a charge
Whether the post-amendment procedure can be waived
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