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If it is proved that an accused person has absconded and that there is no immediate prospect of arresting him, the court competent to try *[or commit for trial] such person for the offence complained of, may, in his absence, examine the witnesses (if any) produced on behalf of the prosecution, and record their depositions and any such deposition may, on the arrest of such person, be given in evidence against him on the inquiry into, or trial for, the offence with which he is charged, if the deponent is dead or incapable of giving evidence or cannot be found or his presence cannot be procured without an amount of delay, expense inconvenience which, under the circumstances of the case, would be unreasonable.
*Ins. by Act 45 of 1978, Sec. 23 (18-12-2023).
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