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EVIDENCE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1958 - SECT 42U

Putting documents to a remote person

S. 42U(1) substituted by No. 11/2021 s. 19.

    (1)     If, in the course of an examination by audio visual link or audio link of a person at a remote point (the key remote point ), it is necessary to put a document to the person, the presiding judge or magistrate may permit the document to be put to the person—

        (a)     if the document is at the court point or another remote point—by transmitting a copy of it to the key remote point by any means and that copy being put to the person; or

        (b)     if the document is at the key remote point, by putting it to the person and then transmitting a copy of it to the court point and any other remote point by any means.

    (2)     A document put to a person in accordance with subsection (1) is admissible in evidence without proof that the transmitted copy is a true copy of the relevant document.

    (3)     Nothing in this section prevents a document or exhibit being shown to a person over the audio visual link itself.

S. 42UA inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 20.



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