Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsNon compliance with provisions of Law
| 265. If any court before which a deposition of a witness or a statement of an accused recorded under the provisions of this Law is tendered in evidence finds that the provisions of this Law have not been fully complied with by the Judge recording the evidence or statement or the officer attesting the same, it may take evidence that such witness or accused duly gave the evidence or made the statement recorded; and notwithstanding section 91 of the Evidence Ordinance such evidence or statement shall be admitted if the error has not prejudiced the accused in regard to his defence on the merits. |