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Proof by written statement. 1967, c.80, S. 9.
65B. (1) In any criminal proceedings, other
than committal proceedings, a written statement by
any person shall, subject to the conditions contained
in subsection (2), be admissible as evidence to the
like extent as oral evidence to the like effect by
that person.
(2) A statement may be tendered in evidence
under subsection (1) if
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(a)
(b.)
the statement purports to be signed by the
person who made it;
the statement contains a declaration by
that person to the effect that it is true to
the best of his knowledge and belief;
(c) before the hearing at which the statement
is tendered in evidence, a copy of the
statement is served, by or on behalf of the
party proposing to tender it, on each of the
other parties to the proceedings; and
(a)
none of the other parties or their solici-
tors, within fourteen days from the service
of the copy of the statement, serves a
notice on the party so proposing objecting
to the statement being tendered in evidence
under this section: