Criminal Procedure Code
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402. (Deleted by Act A908).
Alibi
402 a . (1) The Court shall, at the time the accused is being
charged, inform the accused as to his right to put forward a
defence of alibi.
(2) Where the accused seeks to put forward a defence of
alibi, he shall put forward a notice of his alibi during the case
management process.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), where the accused has not
put forward a notice of his alibi during the case management
process, he may adduce evidence in support of an alibi at any
time during the trial subject to the following conditions:
(a)
the accused has given a written notice of the alibi to the
Public Prosecutor; and
(b)
the Public Prosecutor is given a reasonable time to
investigate the alibi before such evidence can be adduced.
(4) The notice required under this section shall include particulars
of the place where the accused claims to have been at the time of
the commission of the offence with which he is charged, together
with the names and addresses of any witnesses whom he intends
to call for the purpose of establishing his alibi.
Proof by written statement
402 b . (1) In any criminal proceedings, a written statement
by any person shall, subject to the conditions contained in
subsection (2), be admissible as evidence to the like extent as
oral evidence to the like effect by that person.
(2) A statement may be tendered in evidence under subsection (1)
if—
(a)
the statement purports to be signed by the person who
made it;
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