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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: