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Evidence Act 2001
181ADepositions on one charge admissible on trial of another
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### 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 –
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> > > (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
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> > > (b) proved in the same manner as if the defendant were on trial for that offence.
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> > > | Note: This section does not appear in the Evidence Act 1995 of the Commonwealth. |