26Credibility of person who made statements

##### 26 Credibility of person who made statements (1) Where evidence of statements is admitted under section 24 in any proceedings and the person examined is not called as a witness in the proceedings, evidence is admissible where, if the person examined had been called as a witness, the evidence would have been admissible for the purpose of destroying or supporting his credibility. (2) Evidence is admissible to show that a statement made by a person referred to in subsection (1) is inconsistent with another statement made by him at any time. (3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), evidence is not admissible of any matter of which, if the person referred to in subsection (1) had been called as a witness and denied the matter in cross‑examination, evidence would not be admissible if adduced by the cross‑examining party.