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(6) A notice under subsection (1) shall either
be given in court during, or at the end of, the
committal proceedings or be given in writing to the
prosecutor, and a notice under paragraph (c) or (d)
of subsection (2) shall be given in writing to the
prosecutor.
(7) A notice required by this section to be
given to the prosecutor may be given by delivering
it to the Attorney General or by leaving it at the
Attorney General's office, or by sending it by
registered post addressed to the Attorney General at
his office.
(8)
In this section
"evidence in support of an alibi" means evidenco
tending to show that by reason of the presence
of the defendant at a particular place or in a
particular area at a particular time he was not,
or was unlikely to have been, at the place where
the offence is alleged to have been committed at
the time of its alleged commission;
"the prescribed period" means the period expiring not
less than ten days prior to the commencement of
the trial.
(9)
In computing the prescribed period there
shall be disregarded any day which is a general
holiday under the Holidays Ordinance."