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Procedure

10. (1) At a preliminary hearing to be held in connection with an application, the judge may determine whether subsection 745(1) of the Criminal Code applies to the applicant and any other matter of a preliminary nature and may make all orders and give all directions necessary for the hearing of the application.
    (2) At a preliminary hearing, the applicant and the Attorney General hall inform the judge of any evidence they intend to present and of he manner in which they intend to present it.
    (3) Where, at the preliminary hearing to be held in connection with n application, the applicant or the Attorney General informs the judge that the applicant or the Attorney General proposes to present evidence by affidavit, the judge may require the attendance of the deponent for the purpose of cross-examination and may give directions as to the use to be made of that evidence at the hearing of the application.
    (4) The judge may adjourn a preliminary hearing as the judge considers appropriate.
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