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Patrick Ducharme |
Subsections 540 (7) and (8) permit the reception of copies of statements as evidence, provided: reasonable notice of the intention to tender the statements is given, together with a copy of the statements, and, the Justice considers the information in those statements credible or trustworthy in the circumstances of the case.
The above is the an excerpt of Patrick J Ducharme's book, Canadian Criminal Procedure, available at Amazon or in bulk through MedicaLegal Publishing along with Criminal Trial Strategies.
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