(1) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act, the
investigating authority may, in the following circumstance, record, or
cause to be recorded, the deposition, document or deed of a victim of
an offence, informant or witness through any audio-visual means, in
the presence of the government attorney:
(a) If the investigating authority has a reasonable reason to
believe that the accused may, by way of putting undue
influence on, or showing fear, terror, intimidation or
threat to the victim of an offence, the informant or any
witness, prevent such victim, informant or witness from
appearing before the court or compel him or her to make
statement or deposition contrary to the statement or
document which he or she has made or executed before
the investigating authority, in spite of his or her
appearance in the court,
(b) If such person, informant or witness is, owing to
physical infirmity or being a child, not able to appear
before the police office or government attorney office,
(c) If any thing to be submitted to the court as evidence
cannot be taken to the court from the place where that
thing is situated.
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(2) The court may admit in evidence the audio-video means
recorded pursuant to sub-section (1).