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196 results · Evidence Act CAP 80
Evidence Act CAP 80▤

Confessions generally inadmissible

(1) A confession or any admission of a fact tending to the proof of guilt made by an accused person is not admissible and shall no…

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Evidence Act CAP 80▤

Confession defined

A confession comprises words or conduct, or a combination of words and conduct, from which, whether taken alone or in conjunction…

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Evidence Act CAP 80▤

Effect of admissions

Admissions are not conclusive proof of the matters admitted, but they may operate as estoppels under the provisions hereinafter co…

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Evidence Act CAP 80▤

Admissions defined generally

An admission is a statement, oral or documentary, which suggests any inference as to a fact in issue or relevant fact, and which i…

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Evidence Act CAP 80▤

Facts showing course of business

When there is a question whether a particular act was done, the existence of any course of business, according to which it natural…

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Evidence Act CAP 80▤

Facts showing system

When there is a question whether an act was accidental or intentional, or done with a particular knowledge or intention, the fact…

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Evidence Act CAP 80▤

Facts affecting quantum of damages

In suits in which damages are claimed, any fact which will enable the court to determine the amount of damages which ought to be a…

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Evidence Act CAP 80▤

Explanatory or introductory facts, etc.

Facts necessary to explain or introduce a fact in issue or relevant fact, or which support or rebut an inference suggested by such…

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Evidence Act CAP 80▤

Facts causing or caused by other facts

Facts which are the occasion, cause or effect, immediate or otherwise, of relevant facts or facts in issue, or which constitute th…

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