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Versions of s. 486.2(5)

C-46 — Criminal Code · 3 versions · View current text

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2026-07-18 to present available View Source
    A witness shall not testify outside the court room in accordance with an order made under subsection (1)(1), (1.1) or (2) unless arrangements are made for the accused, the judge or justice and the jury to watch the testimony of the witness by means of closed-circuit television or otherwisevideoconference and the accused is permitted to communicate with counsel while watching the testimony.
    Full text

    A witness shall not testify outside the court room in accordance with an order made under subsection (1), (1.1) or (2) unless arrangements are made for the accused, the judge or justice and the jury to watch the testimony of the witness by means of closed-circuit television or videoconference and the accused is permitted to communicate with counsel while watching the testimony.

  2. 2015-07-23 to 2026-07-18 View Source
    TheA offenceswitness shall not testify outside the court room in accordance with an order made under subsection (1) or (2) unless arrangements are made for the purposesaccused, the judge or justice and the jury to watch the testimony of subsectionthe (4)witness areby means of closed-circuit television or otherwise and the accused is permitted to communicate with counsel while watching the testimony.
    Full text

    A witness shall not testify outside the court room in accordance with an order made under subsection (1) or (2) unless arrangements are made for the accused, the judge or justice and the jury to watch the testimony of the witness by means of closed-circuit television or otherwise and the accused is permitted to communicate with counsel while watching the testimony.

  3. 2006-01-02 to 2015-07-23 View Source

    The offences for the purposes of subsection (4) are