# Criminal Justice Act 2003, Section 140: Interpretation of Chapter 3


In this Chapter—
“criminal proceedings” means criminal proceedings in relation to which the strict rules of evidence apply;
“defendant”, in relation to criminal proceedings, means a person charged with an offence in those proceedings;
“document” means anything in which information of any description is recorded, but not including any recording of sounds or moving images;
“oral evidence” includes evidence which, by reason of any disability, disorder or other impairment, a person called as a witness gives in writing or by signs or by way of any device;
“video recording” means any recording, on any medium, from which a moving image may by any means be produced, and includes the accompanying sound-track.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/section/140 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/section-140
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