SCHEDULE 8 Documentary Evidence in Criminal Proceedings

SCHEDULE 8 Documentary Evidence in Criminal Proceedings

Section 279

Production of copy documents

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(1)     For the purposes of any criminal proceedings a copy of, or of a material part of, a document, purporting to be authenticated in such manner and by such person as may be prescribed, shall unless the court otherwise directs, be—

(a)     deemed a true copy; and

(b)     treated for evidential purposes as if it were the document, or the material part, itself,

whether or not the document is still in existence.

(2)     For the purposes of this paragraph it is immaterial how many removes there are between a copy and the original.

(3)     In this paragraph “copy†includes a transcript or reproduction.

Statements in business documents

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(1)     Except where it is a statement such as is mentioned in paragraph 3(b) and (c) below, a statement in a document shall be admissible in criminal proceedings as evidence of any fact or opinion of which direct oral evidence would be admissible, if the following conditions are satisfied—

(a)     the document was created or received in the course of, or for the purposes of, a business or undertaking or in pursuance

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