At the end of the criminal trial, you and the Prosecutor will be given the opportunity to make closing submissions. The purpose of this is to let parties summarise the evidence and arguments to persuade the Judge to decide the case in their favour.

You will be asked to make your closing submissions first, followed by the Prosecution. If you need time to prepare your closing submissions, you may ask the Judge for some time. If you cannot remember what was said at trial, you may apply for a copy of the Notes of Evidence via the Central Registry (State Courts Towers, Level 2).

Notes of Evidence is a word-for-word transcript of what had been said by the different people in Court.

For more information, you may wish to visit https://www.judiciary.gov.sg/criminal/charged-with-crime and download the Guidebook for Accused in Person (available in 4 languages) found at the bottom of the page.