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CHILD CARE AND PROTECTION
evidence against the accused person unless it is proved that
reasonable notice of the intention to take the deposition has been
served upon him and that he or his attorney-at-law had, or would
have had if he had chosen to be present, an opportunity of cross-
examining the child making the deposition.
20.-(1) Subject to subsection (2), where, in any proceedings
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against any person for any offence, any child of tender years
tender
called as a witness does not in the opinion of the court
years.
understand the nature of an oath, the child's evidence though not
given upon oath-
(a) may be received, if, in the opinion of the court, the
child is possessed of sufficient intelligence to justify
the reception of the evidence and understands the duty
of speaking the truth;
(b)
if otherwise taken and reduced into writing in
accordance with the provisions of section 34 of the
Justices of the Peace Jurisdiction Act, or of this Part,
shall be deemed to be a deposition within the meaning
of that section and this Part, respectively.
(2) Where evidence admitted by virtue of this section is
given on behalf of the prosecution, the accused shall not be
liable to be convicted of the offence unless that evidence is
corroborated by other material evidence in support thereof
implicating him.
(3) In this section, "child of tender years" means a child
under the age of fourteen years.
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Where a child is brought before the court as being in
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submit to
need of care and protection and there is reason to believe that the
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child has been abused, the court may, of its own volition or on
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the application of the child's parent or guardian, a constable or
authorized officer or the Children's Advocate, make an order
requiring that the child be medically examined for the purposes
of determining what steps ought to be taken in relation to the
health and medical treatment of the child.
(2)
A
medical practitioner acting pursuant to an order
made under subsection
(1)
may carry out, or cause to be carried
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