Sec. 51-74. Use of shorthand writing machine or recording device.
Sec. 51-74. Use of shorthand writing machine or recording device. (a) The record of proceedings in any court required to be made by an official court reporter, assistant
court reporter, stenographer or assistant stenographer may in the first instance be made
by shorthand, by shorthand writing machine, or by a mechanical or sound recording
device approved by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
(b) Whenever the general statutes provide that a court reporter or stenographer attend a court, or be appointed to attend a court, to make a record of the proceedings
therein, the court reporter or stenographer may be a person competent to make the record
by shorthand, by a shorthand writing machine or by an approved mechanical or sound
recording device.
(c) The term "shorthand notes", "stenographic notes" or "official notes", when used
in the general statutes to mean the original record of court proceedings, shall include
the record made by a shorthand writing machine or other approved mechanical or sound
recording device.
(1953, S. 3136d; P.A. 82-248, S. 64.)
History: P.A. 82-248 made technical revision, rewording some provisions and dividing section into Subsecs. but made
no substantive change.
See chapter 400l re licensing of shorthand reporters.
Cited. 165 C. 152.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 43 CS 246.
Subsec. (c):
Cited. 43 CS 246.