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Cap. 164 · Police Act (Cap. 164)

Cap. 164 чл. 55Hearing of vulnerable witnesses by means of a contemporaneous video conference. 

TITLE II

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(1) Any minor, or victim of a sexual offence, or vulnerable victim or witness shall have the said interview and any statement made by them recorded by audio-visual means when interviewed by the police in the course of an investigation:

Provided that for the purposes of this sub-article, any audio-

visually recorded interview or statement shall be admissible as evidence in any trial before a court of criminal judicature concerning the offence to which it relates and the provisions of sub-article (3A) of article 646 of the Criminal Code shall apply to viva voce evidence given by such person during the trial.

(2) The Minister, in concurrence with the Minister responsible for Justice may make regulations to lay down anything that needs to be prescribed for the setting up of a contemporaneous television transmission during a trial as provided in sub-article (1) and to lay down such rules of procedure and of evidence as may be necessary for such purpose as well as to secure greater protection of the personal safety, sense of modesty, psychological stability of such witnesses as may, on account of special circumstances, require such protection.

История на изменения
  • Amended by V.2024.8