Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Proof of special knowledge in civil proceedings
In civil proceedings, when any fact is especially within the knowledge of any party to those proceedings, the burden of proving or…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Burden on accused in certain cases
(1) When a person is accused of any offence, the burden of proving the existence of circumstances bringing the case within any exc…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Proof of admissibility
The burden of proving any fact necessary to be proved in order to enable any person to give evidence of any other fact is on the p…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Proof of particular fact
The burden of proof as to any particular fact lies on the person who wishes the court to believe in its existence, unless it is pr…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Incidence of burden
The burden of proof in a suit or proceeding lies on that person who would fail if no evidence at all were given on either side.
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Burden of proof
(1) Whoever desires any court to give judgment as to any legal right or liability dependent on the existence of facts which he ass…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Presumption as to electronic messages
A court may presume that an electronic message forwarded by the originator through an electronic mail server to the addressee to w…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Presumption as to electronic signature certificates
A court shall presume, unless the contrary is proved, that the information listed in an electronic signature certificate is correc…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Presumption as to electronic records and electronic signatures
(1) In any proceedings involving a secure electronic record, the court shall presume, unless the contrary is proved, that the secu…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Presumption as to electronic agreements
A court shall presume that every electronic record purporting to be an agreement containing the electronic signatures of the parti…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Presumption as to Gazette in electronic form
A court shall take recognizance of every electronic record purporting to be the official Gazette, or purporting to be electronic r…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Proof as to the verification of electronic signature
In order to ascertain whether an electronic signature is that of a person by whom it purports to have been affixed, the court may…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Proof as to a electronic signature
Except in the case of a secure signature, if the electronic signature of any subscriber is alleged to have been affixed to an elec…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Admissibility of electronic records
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, any information contained in an electronic record which is printed on paper, s…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Section 106B to apply in proof of electronic records
The contents of electronic records may be proved in accordance with the provisions of section 106B.
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Wills
Nothing in this Part shall affect the law relating to the interpretation and construction of wills or other testamentary dispositi…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Evidence of variation given by third parties
Persons who are not parties to a document, or their representatives in interest, may give evidence of any facts tending to show a…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Evidence to explain special words
Evidence may be given to show the meaning of illegible or not commonly intelligible characters, of foreign, obsolete, technical, l…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Evidence of application to one of several sets of facts
When the language used in a document applies partly to one set of existing facts, and partly to another, but the whole of it does…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Evidence of application to one of several subjects
When the facts are such that the language used in a document might have been meant to apply to any one, and could not have been me…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Evidence to explain a latent ambiguity
When language used in a document is plain, but is unmeaning in reference to existing facts, evidence may be given to show that it…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Evidence to show inapplicability
When language used in a document is plain, and it applies accurately to existing facts, evidence may not be given to show that it…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Evidence to explain a patent ambiguity
When the language used in a document is on the face of it ambiguous or defective, evidence may not be given of facts which would s…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Evidence of oral agreement
When the terms of any contract or grant or other disposition of property, or any matter required by law to be reduced to the form…
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