CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 287
Evidentiary effect of certain transcripts
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 287
Evidentiary effect of certain transcripts
287 Evidentiary effect of certain transcripts
(1) If a deposition referred to in section 285 or 286 is in the form of a
written transcript of matter recorded by means, other than writing, authorised
by law for the recording of depositions--
(a) the record so made is taken to
be a true record of the matter so deposed, and
(b) the transcript of the
record is taken to be a correct transcript of that record,
unless proved to
the contrary.
(2) Subsection (1) applies only to--
(a) a transcript made in
the form of shorthand notes, being a transcript identified by, and signed in
the handwriting of, the person purporting to have made those notes, or
(b) a
transcript made by other means (other than writing) authorised by law for the
recording of depositions, being a transcript certified in the manner
prescribed by the rules.
