Section 53, The Legal Practitioners Act, 2000 THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (C ODE OF C ONDUCT) R ULES , 2010

(1) It is not the duty of prosecuting counsel to obtain aconviction by all means at his command but rather to lay before the jury fairly and impartially the whole of the facts which comprise the case for the prosecution and to see that the jury are properly instructed in the law applicable to those facts. (2) Where prosecuting counsel has in his possession a statement from a prosecution witness which differs in a material respect from the evidence being given by the witness or his statement at the committal proceedings, the statement should be disclosed to the defence. (3) Prosecuting Counsel shall – (a) be present throughout the trial of an accused person including the summing-up and the return of the jury; (b) may not absent himself without leave of the Court, but if two or more legal practitioners appear for the prosecution, the attendance of one shall be sufficient. (4) It is the duty of prosecuting counsel to assist the Court at the conclusion of the summing-up by drawing attention to any apparent errors or omissions of fact or law which, in his opinion, ought to be corrected. PART XVI–DRESS IN COURT