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Version of section 715.1 from 2003-01-01 to 2006-01-01:


Marginal note:Evidence of complainant or witness

 In any proceeding relating to an offence under section 151, 152, 153, 155 or 159, subsection 160(2) or (3), or section 163.1, 170, 171, 172, 173, 210, 211, 212, 213, 266, 267, 268, 271, 272 or 273, in which the complainant or other witness was under the age of eighteen years at the time the offence is alleged to have been committed, a videotape made within a reasonable time after the alleged offence, in which the complainant or witness describes the acts complained of, is admissible in evidence if the complainant or witness, while testifying, adopts the contents of the videotape.

  • R.S., 1985, c. 19 (3rd Supp.), s. 16
  • 1997, c. 16, s. 7

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