Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Facts bearing upon opinions of experts
Facts not otherwise admissible are admissible if they support or are inconsistent with the opinions of experts, when such opinions…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Opinions of experts
(1) When the court has to form an opinion upon a point of foreign law, or of science or art, or as to identity or genuineness of h…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Proof of guilt
A final judgment of a competent court in any criminal proceedings which declares any person to be guilty of a criminal offence sha…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Proof that judgment was incompetent or obtained by fraud or collusion
Any party to a suit or other proceeding may show that any judgment, order or decree which is admissible under the provisions of th…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Inadmissible judgments
Judgments, orders or decrees other than those mentioned in sections 43, 44 and 45 of this Act are inadmissible except where the ex…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Other judgments of a public nature
Judgments, orders or decrees, other than those mentioned in section 44 of this Act, are admissible if they relate to matters of a…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Judgments in rem
(1) A final judgment, order or decree of a competent court which confers upon or takes away from any person any legal character, o…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Judgments, etc., excluding jurisdiction
The existence of any judgment, order or decree which by law prevents any court from taking cognizance of a suit or holding a trial…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Extent of admissibility
When any statement of which evidence is given forms part of a longer statement, or of a conversation, or of an isolated document,…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Statements as to law contained in books
When the court has to form an opinion as to a law of any country, any statement of such law contained in a book purporting to be p…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Statements of fact contained in laws and official gazettes, etc.
When the court has to form an opinion as to the existence of any fact of a public nature, any statement of it shall be admissible…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Statements, etc., in maps, charts and plans
Statements and representations of facts in issue or relevant facts made in published maps or charts generally offered for public s…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Entries in public records
An entry in any public or other official book, register or record, stating a fact in issue or a relevant fact, and made by a publi…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Entries in books of account
Entries in books of account regularly kept in the course of business are admissible whenever they refer to a matter into which the…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Entries in books of account
Entries in books of account regularly kept in the course of business are admissible whenever they refer to a matter into which the…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Weight to be attached to statement admissible under section 35
(1) In estimating the weight, if any, to be attached to a statement rendered admissible by section 35 of this Act, regard shall be…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Admissibility of documentary evidence as to facts in issue
(1) In any civil proceedings where direct oral evidence of a fact would be admissible, any statement made by a person in a documen…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Admissibility of evidence given in previous proceedings
subsequent judicial proceeding or at a later stage in the same proceeding, for the purpose of proving the facts which it states, i…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Statement by deceased person, etc., when
Statements, written or oral, of admissible facts made by a person who is dead, or who cannot be found, or who has become incapable…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Confession implicating co-accused
(1) When more persons than one are being tried jointly for the same offence, and a confession made by one of such persons affectin…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Repealed by Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 102.
Repealed by Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 102.
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Repealed by Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 101.
Repealed by Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 101.
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Confessions to police officers
No confession made to a police officer shall be proved against a person accused of any offence unless such police officer is— (a)…
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Evidence Act CAP 80▤
Repealed by Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 100.
Repealed by Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 100.
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