(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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(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 -
(a) in the case of the Circuit Court, by the judge of the circuit concerned, and
(b) in the case of the District Court, by the judge of that court for the time being assigned to the di
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