Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Admission of execution of attested document
The admission of a party to an attested document, of its execution by himself, shall be sufficient proof of its execution as again…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Proof where no attesting witness found
Where evidence is required of a document which is required by law to be attested, and none of the attesting witnesses can be found…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Proof of execution of document required by law to be attested
If a document is required by law to be attested it shall not be used as evidence until one attesting witness at least has been cal…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Proof of allegation that persons signed or wrote a document
If a document is alleged to be signed or to have been written wholly or in part by any person, the signature or the handwriting of…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Notice to produce a document
Secondary evidence of the contents of the documents referred to in section 68(1)(a) of this Act shall not be given unless the part…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Proof of documents by secondary evidence
(1) Secondary evidence may be given of the existence, condition or contents of a document in the following cases— (a) when the ori…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Proof of documents by primary evidence
Documents must be proved by primary evidence except in the cases hereinafter mentioned.
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Secondary evidence
Secondary evidence includes— (a) certified copies given under the provisions hereinafter contained; (b) copies made from the origi…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Primary evidence
(1) Primary evidence means the document itself produced for the inspection of the court. (2) Where a document is executed in sever…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Proof of contents of documents
The contents of documents may be proved either by primary or by secondary evidence.
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Oral evidence must be direct
(1) Oral evidence must in all cases be direct evidence. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, “direct evidence”…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Oral evidence
All facts, except the contents of documents, may be proved by oral evidence.
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Facts admitted in civil proceedings
No fact need be proved in any civil proceeding which the parties thereto or their agents agree to admit at the hearing, or which b…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Facts of which court shall take judicial notice
(1) The courts shall take judicial notice of the following facts— (a) all written laws, and all laws, rules and principles, writte…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Facts judicially noticed
No fact of which the court shall take judicial notice need be proved.
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Definition of “character”
In sections 55, 56 and 57 of this Act the word “character” includes both reputation and disposition; but, except as provided in se…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Bad character in criminal cases
(1) In criminal proceedings the fact that the accused person has committed or been convicted of or charged with any offence other…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Good character in criminal cases
In criminal proceedings, the fact that the person accused is of a good character is admissible.
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Character in civil cases
(1) In civil cases, the fact that the character of any person concerned is such as to render probable or improbable any conduct im…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Grounds of opinion
Whenever the opinion of any living person is admissible, the grounds on which such opinion is based are also admissible.
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Opinion on relationship
When the court has to form an opinion as to the relationship of one person to another, the opinion, expressed by conduct, as to th…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Opinions of persons with special knowledge
When the court has to form an opinion as to— (a) the usages and tenets of any association, body of men or family; or (b) the const…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Opinion relating to customs and rights
(1) When the court has to form an opinion as to the existence of any general custom or right, the opinions as to the existence of…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Opinion as to handwriting
(1) When the court has to form an opinion as to the person by whom any document was written or signed, the opinion of any person a…
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