An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Evidence Act, R.S.C. 1985 (3d Supp.), c. 19, s. 16.
[Evidence of complainant]
715.1 In any proceeding relating to an offence under section 151, 152, 153, 155 or 159, subsection 160(2) or (3), or section 170, 171, 172, 173, 271,
272 or 273, in which the complainant was under the age of eighteen years at the time the offence is alleged to have been committed, a videotape made
within a reasonable time after the alleged offence, in which the complainant describes the acts complained of, is admissible in evidence if the
complainant, while testifying, adopts the contents of the videotape.
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