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### 39A Appearance via audio or audio visual link
> [*\[Section 39A Inserted by No. 38 of 2015, s. 37, Applied:13 Oct 2015\]*](/view/html/inforce/2015-10-13/act-2015-038#GS37@EN) Where, in any proceedings, a defendant who is in custody will not be giving evidence or making submissions, he or she may appear at those proceedings via audio link or audio visual link, both within the meaning of the [Evidence (Audio and Audio Visual Links) Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1999-009) , as if he or she were giving evidence under that Act.