Section 2
Amendment of section 2
of Evidence of Child Witness (Amendment) Act 2023
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Section 2
The Evidence of Child Witness Act 2007 [Act 676], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 2—
(a)
by inserting after the definition of “police officer”
the following definition:
‘ “special hearing” means a special hearing conducted by the Court, in which evidence of examination-in-chief, cross-examination and re-examination of a child witness are pre-recorded;’; and
(b)
in the definition of “child witness”, by substituting for the words “sixteen years” the words “eighteen years”.
Amendment of section 3