Penal Code - PEN
PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681 - 1620]
( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 10. MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS [1268 - 1424.5]
( Title 10 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 4. Examination of Witnesses Conditionally [1335 - 1345]
( Chapter 4 enacted 1872. ) 1345.
The deposition, or a certified copy of it, may be read in evidence, or if the examination was video-recorded, that video-recording may be shown by either party at the trial if the court finds that the witness is unavailable as a witness within the meaning of Section 240 of the Evidence Code. The same objections may be taken to a question or answer contained in the deposition or video-recording as if the witness had been examined orally in court.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 19, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)