Section 29 — Prevention of People Smuggling Act

(a)

any statement made by any person to an authorised officer in the course of an investigation under this Act; and

(b)

any document, or copy of any document, seized from any person by an authorised officer in exercise of his powers under this Act, shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings under this Act before any court, where the person who made the statement or the document or the copy of the document -

(i)

is dead;

(ii)

or cannot be traced or found;

(iii)

has become incapable of giving evidence; or

(iv)

whose attendance cannot be procured without an amount of delay or expense which appears to the court unreasonable.