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Evidence through television link.
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35.— (1) In any proceedings for an offence under this Act or the Act of 2003, a person, other than the accused, may, with the leave of the court, give evidence through a live television link if the person is outside the State.
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(2) Evidence given under subsection (1) shall be video-recorded.
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(3) In any proceedings referred to in subsection (1) in any circuit or district court district where the court is satisfied that leave should be granted for evidence to be given through a live television link pursuant to that subsection but the necessary facilities for doing so are not available in that circuit or district, the court may by order transfer the proceedings to a circuit or district court district where such facilities are available and, where such an order is made, the jurisdiction of the court to which the proceedings have been transferred may be exercised—
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(a) in the case of the Circuit Court, by the judge of the circuit concerned, and
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(b) in the case of the District Court, by the judge of that court for the time being assigned to the district court district concerned.
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(4) A person who, in giving evidence under subsection (1) from outside the State, makes a statement material in the proceedings which the person knows to be false or does not believe to be true shall be guilty of perjury.
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(5) Proceedings for an offence referred to in subsection (4) may be taken, and the offence may, for the purposes of the jurisdiction of the court, be treated as having been committed, in any place in the State.
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(6) This section is without prejudice to any other enactment providing for the giving of evidence through a live television link.
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