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When a party calls for a document which he has given the other party notice to produce, and such document is produced and inspected by the party calling for its production, he is bound to give it as evidence if the party producing it requires him to do so and if it is admissible.
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When a party refuses to produce a document for which he has had notice to produce, he cannot afterwards use the document as evidence without the consent of the other party or the order of the court.
(1) A judge or magistrate may, in order to discover or to obtain proper evidence, ask any question he pleases, in any form, at any time, of any witness, or of the parties about any fact whether or not...
Deleted by Act No. 7 of 2007, Sch.
The improper admission or rejection of evidence shall not of itself be ground for a new trial or for reversal of any decision in a case if it shall appear to the court before which the objection is...
Subject to the provisions of this Chapter of this Act, a copy of any entry in a bankerās book shall in all legal proceedings be received as prima facie evidence of such entry, and of the matters,...
(1) A copy of an entry in a bankerās book shall not be received in evidence under section 176 of this Act unless it be first proved thatā (a) the book was, at the time of making the entry, one of...
A banker or officer of a bank shall not, in any proceedings to which the bank is not a party, be compellable to produce any bankerās book the contents of which can be proved under this Chapter of this...
(1) On the application of any party to proceedings a court may order that such party be at liberty to inspect and take copies of any entries in a bankerās book for any of the purposes, of such...
(1) Where it is proved on oath to a judge or magistrate that in fact, or according to reasonable suspicion, the inspection of any bankerās book is necessary or desirable for the purpose of any...
(1) The costs of any application to a court under or for the purposes of this Chapter of this Act and the costs of anything done or to be done under an order of a court made under or for the purposes...
Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, nothing in this Act shall be deemed to derogate from the provisions of any other written law which relate to matters of evidence.
(1) From and after the commencement of this Act the Evidence Act, 1872, India shall cease to extend or apply to Kenya. (2) For the purposes of sections 21 and 23 of the Interpretation and General...