{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"1345","citation":"Pen. Code, § 1345","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 10. MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS [1268. - 1424.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-10"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Examination of Witnesses Conditionally [1335. - 1345.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-10/chapter-4"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 19, Sec. 2.   Effective January 1, 1998.","effective":"1998-01-01","html":"<p>The deposition, or a certified copy of it, may be read in evidence, or if the examination was video-recorded, that video-recording may be shown by either party at the trial if the court finds that the witness is unavailable as a witness within the meaning of Section <a href=\"/evid/240\">240</a> of the Evidence Code. The same objections may be taken to a question or answer contained in the deposition or video-recording as if the witness had been examined orally in court.</p>","text":"The deposition, or a certified copy of it, may be read in evidence, or if the examination was video-recorded, that video-recording may be shown by either party at the trial if the court finds that the witness is unavailable as a witness within the meaning of Section 240 of the Evidence Code. The same objections may be taken to a question or answer contained in the deposition or video-recording as if the witness had been examined orally in court.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/examination-of-witnesses-conditionally-1345","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}