HC Deb 16 December 1992 vol 216 c495

Amendments made: No. 29, in page 32, line 38, at beginning insert 'Except where it is a statement such as is mentioned in paragraph 2A(b) and (c) below,'.

No. 12, in page 33, line 6, leave out 'but', if it was supplied indirectly, only if each person through whom it was supplied received' and insert 'unless, in the case of information supplied indirectly, it appears to the court that any person through whom it was so supplied did not both receive and supply'.

No. 30, in page 33, line 29, at end insert— '2A. A statement in a document shall be admissible in criminal proceedings as evidence of the fact that the Statement was made if—

  1. (a) the document satisfies the conditions mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) and (b) of paragraph 2 above;
  2. (b) the statement is made, whether directly or indirectly, by a person who in those proceedings is an accused; and
  3. (c) the statement, being exculpatory only, exculpates the accused.'.

No. 31, in page 35, line 22, after ?but', insert', except in paragraph 6(1)(a),'.—[Lord James Douglas-Hamilton.]

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