PART IVOTHER EVIDENCE
Documents to refresh memory
Use of documents to refresh memory41
1
A person giving oral evidence in criminal proceedings about any matter may, at any stage in the course of doing so, refresh his memory of it from a document made or verified by him at an earlier time if—
a
he states in his oral evidence that the document records his recollection of the matter at that earlier time, and
b
his recollection of the matter is likely to have been significantly better at that time than it is at the time of his oral evidence.
2
Where—
a
a person giving oral evidence in criminal proceedings about any matter has previously given an oral account, of which a sound recording was made, and he states in that evidence that the account represented his recollection of the matter at that time,
b
his recollection of the matter is likely to have been significantly better at the time of the previous account than it is at the time of his oral evidence, and
c
a transcript has been made of the sound recording,
he may, at any stage in the course of giving his evidence, refresh his memory of the matter from that transcript.