Relevancy of statements: admissible when the maker is unavailable or when court admits them in the interest of justice.

A written and signed statement made in response to a summons under section 70 is admissible in a prosecution to prove its facts when the maker is unavailable to give evidence-because of death, inability, absence, concealment by an adverse party, or unreasonable delay or expense to secure presence-or when the maker is examined and the court considers admission of the statement to be in the interest of justice.

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