Versions of s. 544(5)

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

2019-09-19 to present available View Source

~~Where,~~If, at the conclusion of the evidence on the part of the prosecution at a preliminary inquiry that has been continued ~~pursuant to~~under subsection (1), the accused is absent but their counsel ~~for the accused~~ is present, hethe ~~or she~~counsel shall be given an opportunity to call witnesses on behalf of the ~~accused~~accused, subject to subsection 537(1.01), and subsection 541(5) applies with ~~such~~any modifications asthat the circumstances require.

Full text

If, at the conclusion of the evidence on the part of the prosecution at a preliminary inquiry that has been continued under subsection (1), the accused is absent but their counsel is present, the counsel shall be given an opportunity to call witnesses on behalf of the accused, subject to subsection 537(1.01), and subsection 541(5) applies with any modifications that the circumstances require.
2003-01-01 to 2019-09-19 View Source

Where, at the conclusion of the evidence on the part of the prosecution at a preliminary inquiry that has been continued pursuant to subsection (1), the accused is absent but counsel for the accused is present, he or she shall be given an opportunity to call witnesses on behalf of the accused and subsection 541(5) applies with such modifications as the circumstances require.