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Administration of Justice Law (No. 44 of 1973) - Sect 219

Duty of Judge

219.
(1) It is the duty of the Judge-
(a) to decide on all questions of law arising in the course of the trial and especially all questions as to the relevancy of facts which it is proposed to prove and the admissibility of evidence or the propriety of questions asked by or on behalf of the parties, and in his discretion to prevent the production of inadmissible evidence whether it is or is not objected to by the parties;
(b) to decide upon the meaning and construction of all documents given in evidence at the trial;
(c) to decide upon all matters of fact which it may be necessary to prove in order to enable evidence of particular matters to be given;
(d) to decide whether any question which arises is for himself or for the jury.
(2) The Judge may if he thinks proper in the course of his summing up express to the jury his opinion upon any question of fact or upon any question of mixed law and fact relevant to the proceeding.

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