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<Text>In any proceedings under this Act a statement made by the deceased, whether orally or in a document or otherwise, shall be admissible under section 2 of the <MarginNoteRef Ref="m00004"/>Civil Evidence Act 1968 as evidence of any fact stated therein in like manner as if the statement were a statement falling within section 2(1) of that Act; and any reference in that Act to a statement admissible, or given or proposed to be given, in evidence under section 2 thereof or to the admissibility or the giving in evidence of a statement by virtue of that section or to any statement falling within section 2(1) of that Act shall be construed accordingly.</Text>
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<Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/64" id="c00015" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1968" Number="0064">1968 c. 64</Citation>.</Text>
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