Criminal Code Act 1899

In a trial by a judge sitting without a jury, the judge must apply, so far as is practicable, the same principles of law and procedure as would be applied in a trial before a jury.

In a trial by a judge sitting without a jury, the judge may view a place or thing.

If an Act or the common law—

requires information or a warning or instruction to be given to the jury in particular circumstances; or

prohibits a warning from being given to a jury in particular circumstances;

the judge in a trial by a judge sitting without a jury must take the requirement or prohibition into account if the circumstances arise in the course of the trial. sch 1 pt 8 ch 62 ch div 9A s 615B ins 2008 No. 50 s 5