# The Criminal Justice (Evidence) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, Article 42: Interpretation of Part IV


In this Part—
“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 image;
“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/nisi/2004/1501/article/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-evidence-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-42
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