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Part X · Testimony Through Contemporaneous Audio-Visual Linkage

86. An accused’s right to a fair trial

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

A court or Commission shall, before granting permission to a victim of crime, witness or law enforcement authority, to give or obtain evidence, or to make a statement, as the case may be, through contemporaneous audio-visual linkage from a remote location under this Act, determine whether the obtaining and recording of such evidence or statement through such means from such location-

(a)

serves the best interests of justice; and

(b)

would not be detrimental to the right of an accused to a fair trial.