Criminal Justice Act 1967
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9 Proof by written statement.
(1) In any criminal proceedings ... a written statement by any person shall, if such of the conditions mentioned in the next following subsection as are applicable are satisfied, be admissible as evidence to the like extent as oral evidence to the like effect by that person. (2) The said conditions are— (a) the statement purports to be signed by the person who made it; (b) the statement contains a declaration by that person to the effect that it is true to the best of his knowledge and belief and that he made the statement knowing that, if it were tendered in evidence, he would be liable to prosecution if he wilfully stated in it anything which he knew to be false or did not believe to be true; (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 (d) none of the other parties or their solicitors, within the relevant period, serves a notice on the party so proposing objecting to the statement being tendered in evidence under this section: Provided that the conditions mentioned in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this subsection shall not apply if the parties agree before or during the hearing that the statement shall be so tendered. (2A) For the purposes of subsection (2)(d), “the relevant period” is— (a) such number of days, which may not be less than seven, from the service of the copy of the statement as may be prescribed by Criminal Procedure Rules, or (b) if no such number is prescribed, seven days from the service of the copy of the statement. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) Notwithstanding that a written statement made by any person may be admissible as evidence by virtue of this section— (a) the party by whom or on whose behalf a copy of the statement was served may call that person to give evidence; and (b) the court may, of its own motion or on the application of any party to the proceedings, require that person to attend before the court and give evidence. (5) An application under paragraph (b) of the last foregoing subsection to a court other than a magistrates’ court may be made before the hearing and on any such application the powers of the court shall be exercisable (a) by a puisne judge of the High Court, a Circuit judge or Recorder sitting alone; or (b) subject to subsection (5A), by a qualifying judge advocate (within the meaning of the Senior Courts Act 1981) sitting alone. (5A) Subsection (5)(b) applies only where the application in question is to the Crown Court. (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) Any document or object referred to as an exhibit and identified in a written statement tendered in evidence under this section shall be treated as if it had been produced as an exhibit and identified in court by the maker of the statement. (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9 Proof by written statement.
(1) In any criminal proceedings ... a written statement by any person shall, if such of the conditions mentioned in the next following subsection as are applicable are satisfied, be admissible as evidence to the like extent as oral evidence to the like effect by that person. (2) The said conditions are— (a) the statement purports to be signed by the person who made it; (b) the statement contains a declaration by that person to the effect that it is true to the best of his knowledge and belief and that he made the statement knowing that, if it were tendered in evidence, he would be liable to prosecution if he wilfully stated in it anything which he knew to be false or did not believe to be true; (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 (d) none of the other parties or their solicitors, within the relevant period, serves a notice on the party so proposing objecting to the statement being tendered in evidence under this section: Provided that the conditions mentioned in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this subsection shall not apply if the parties agree before or during the hearing that the statement shall be so tendered. (2A) For the purposes of subsection (2)(d), “the relevant period” is— (a) such number of days, which may not be less than seven, from the service of the copy of the statement as may be prescribed by Criminal Procedure Rules, or (b) if no such number is prescribed, seven days from the service of the copy of the statement. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) Notwithstanding that a written statement made by any person may be admissible as evidence by virtue of this section— (a) the party by whom or on whose behalf a copy of the statement was served may call that person to give evidence; and (b) the court may, of its own motion or on the application of any party to the proceedings, require that person to attend before the court and give evidence. (5) An application under paragraph (b) of the last foregoing subsection to a court other than a magistrates’ court may be made before the hearing and on any such application the powers of the court shall be exercisable (a) by a puisne judge of the High Court, a Circuit judge or Recorder sitting alone; or (b) subject to subsection (5A), by a qualifying judge advocate (within the meaning of the Senior Courts Act 1981) sitting alone. (5A) Subsection (5)(b) applies only where the application in question is to the Crown Court. (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) Any document or object referred to as an exhibit and identified in a written statement tendered in evidence under this section shall be treated as if it had been produced as an exhibit and identified in court by the maker of the statement. (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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