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Version of section 714.2 from 2019-09-19 to 2024-10-30:


Marginal note:Videoconference — witness outside Canada

  •  (1) A court shall receive evidence given by a witness outside Canada by videoconference, unless one of the parties satisfies the court that the reception of such testimony would be contrary to the principles of fundamental justice.

  • Marginal note:Notice

    (2) A party who wishes to call a witness to give evidence under subsection (1) shall give notice to the court before which the evidence is to be given and the other parties of their intention to do so not less than 10 days before the witness is scheduled to testify.

  • 1999, c. 18, s. 95
  • 2019, c. 25, s. 290

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