§710-1064 Retraction. (1) It is a defense to a prosecution under this part that the defendant retracted the defendant's falsification:
(2) "In the course of the same proceeding" includes separate hearings at separate stages of the same official or administrative proceeding but does not include any stage of the proceeding after the close of the evidence. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1993]