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| (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other law
| | (a) a statement recorded by a Magistrate, or made at an identification parade by a person who is dead or who cannot be found, shall be admissible in evidence notwithstanding that such person is not present or cannot or has not been cross-examined ; and | | |
| | (b) any document found in the custody, control or possession of a person accused of any offence under this Act or of an agent or representative of such person may be produced in court as evidence against such person without the maker of such document being called as a witness and the contents of such document shall be evidence of the facts stated therein. | | |
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| (2) If in the course of a trial for an offence under this Act, any witness shall, on any material point, contradict either expressly or by necessary implication a statement made by him and recorded by a Magistrate or a statement made by him at any identification parade, it shall be lawful for the presiding Judge-
| | (a) to act upon such statement; and | | |
| | (b) to have such witness at the conclusion of such trial arraigned and tried on an indictment which shall be prepared and signed by the Registrar of such court, for intentionally giving false evidence in a stage of a judicial proceeding, | | |
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| (3) At any trial referred to in subsection (2) (b), it shall be sufficient to prove that the witness made the contradictory statement and it shall not be necessary to prove which of the statements is false, |
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