New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1988 - SECT 13

13 Particulars to be furnished

(1) If a defendant charged with an offence under any of the provisions of this Part--

(a) has requested the informant to furnish to the defendant reasonable particulars of the behaviour or conduct the subject of the charge, and

(b) the informant, or some person on his or her behalf, has not so furnished those particulars,

the court before which the defendant is charged shall adjourn the charge pending the furnishing of those particulars or may dismiss the charge.

(2) If, at the hearing of a charge for an offence referred to in subsection (1)--

(a) the evidence discloses behaviour or conduct that constitutes such an offence, and

(b) that behaviour or conduct is different from the behaviour or conduct of which particulars have been given to the defendant under subsection (1),

the court may, on the application of the defendant and if it is of the opinion that the defendant was deceived by those particulars, adjourn the hearing on such terms as it thinks fit.