contravention of the rules referred to in subsection (11)
of this section as it does to a report published or
broadcast in contravention of that section.
Dispensing with
attendance
of witness.
18. (1) Whenever in the course of a preparatory
hearing it appears to the judge that the attendance of any
witness at the trial after the jury has been empanelled
cannot be procured without an amount of expense or
inconvenience which under the circumstances of the case
would be unreasonable, the judge may allow the witness to
give his evidence at the preparatory hearing.
(2) Where evidence is given pursuant to subsection
(1) the prosecutor or the accused (as the case may be)
shall be given full opportunity of cross-examining the
witness.
(3)
Evidence given pursuant to this section shall be
reduced to writing, read over to and signed by the witness
and also by the judge.
(4)
Evidence taken pursuant to this section may be
admitted in evidence at the trial after the jury has been
empanelled even though the deponent is not called as a
witness.