181ADepositions on one charge admissible on trial of another

181A Depositions on one charge admissible on trial of another

Depositions taken on the preliminary or other investigation of any charge of crime may be –

(a) read as evidence on the trial of the defendant for any other offence, although of a higher or different nature, if they would be admissible on the trial for the offence in respect of which they were taken; and

(b) proved in the same manner as if the defendant were on trial for that offence.

| Note: This section does not appear in the Evidence Act 1995 of the Commonwealth. |