| 1.
| | This Ordinance may be cited as the Evidence Ordinance. |
| 2.
| | Extent |
| 3.
| | Interpretation. |
| 4.
| | May presume. |
| 5.
| | Evidence may be given of facts in issue and relevant facts. |
| 6.
| | Relevancy of facts forming part of same transaction. [2, 6 of 2021] |
| 7.
| | Facts which are the occasion, cause, or effect of facts in issue. |
| 8.
| | Motive, or preparation. |
| 9.
| | Facts necessary to explain or introduce relevant facts. |
| 10.
| | Things said or done by conspirator in reference to common intention. [3, 6 of 2021] |
| 11.
| | When facts not otherwise relevant are relevant. |
| 12.
| | In suits for damages facts tending to enable Court to determine amount are relevant. |
| 13.
| | Facts relevant when right or custom is in question. |
| 14.
| | Facts showing existence of state of mind or of body, or bodily feeling. |
| 15.
| | Facts bearing on question whether act was accidental or intentional. |
| 16.
| | Existence of course of business, when relevant. |
| 17.
| | Admissions defined. |
| 18.
| | Admission by party to proceeding, or his agent. |
| 19.
| | Admissions by persons whose position must be proved as against party to suit. |
| 20.
| | Admissions by persons expressly referred to by party to suit. |
| 21.
| | Proof of admissions against the person who makes them or his representative in interest. |
| 22.
| | When oral admissions as to contents of documents are relevant. |
| 23.
| | Admissions in civil cases when relevant. |
| 24.
| | Confession caused by inducement, threat, or promise irrelevant. |
| 25.
| | Confession made to a police officer not to be proved against an accused person. |
| 26.
| | Confession made by any person while in custody of a police officer not to be proved against him. |
| 27.
| | How much of information received from accused may be proved. |
| 27A.
| | Meaning of terms "forest officer" and "excise officer". |
| 28.
| | Confession made after removal of impression caused by inducement, threat, or promise, relevant. |
| 29.
| | Confession otherwise relevant not to become irrelevant because of promise of secrecy, &c. |
| 30.
| | Confession made by one of several persons tried jointly for the same offence. |
| 31.
| | Admission not conclusive proof but may stop. |
| 32.
| | Cases in which statement of relevant fact by person who is dead or cannot be found, &c. is relevant. |
| 33.
| | Evidence in a former judicial proceeding when relevant. |
| 34.
| | Entries in books of account when relevant. |
| 35.
| | Entry in public record made in performance of duty enjoined by law ,whom relevant. |
| 35A.
| | Statements contained in records compiled on information supplied by third parties having personal knowledge of the matters contained in such statement, when relevant." [2, 33 of 1998] |
| 36.
| | Maps, charts and plans, when relevant. |
| 37.
| | Statement as to fact of public nature contained in any enactment or notification when relevant. [4, 6 of 2021] |
| 38.
| | Statements in law books when relevant. |
| 38A.
| | Statement as to age in a certificate of a Medical Practitioner when relevant. [3,32 of 1999] |
| 39.
| | What evidence to be given when statement forms part of a conversation, document, book, or series of letters or papers. |
| 40.
| | Previous judgments relevant to bar a second suit or trial. |
| 41.
| | Relevancy of judgments in probate, &c., jurisdiction. |
| 41A.
| | Relevancy of judgments &c., recording convictions, in civil proceedings. [3,33 of 1998] |
| 41B.
| | Relevancy of judgments &c., recording findings of adultery in Civil proceedings. [3,33 of 1998] |
| 41C.
| | Relevancy of judgments &c., recording findings of paternity in Civil proceedings. |
| 42.
| | When judgments, &c., other than those mentioned in sections 41, 41A, 41B, and 41C are relevant. [4,33 of 1998] |
| 43.
| | When judgments, &c., other than those mentioned in sections 40, 41, 41A, 41B, 41C and 42 are relevant. [5,33 of 1998] |
| 44.
| | Fraud, collusion, or incompetence of court may be proved. [6,33 of 1998] |
| 45.
| | Opinions of experts. [2,1 of 1946] [2,1 of 1946] |
| 46.
| | Facts bearing upon opinions of experts. |
| 47.
| | Opinion as to handwriting. |
| 48.
| | Opinion as to usages, tenants, &c. when relevant. |
| 49.
| | Opinion as to usage, tenets &c. when relevant |
| 50.
| | Opinion on relationship, when relevant. |
| 51.
| | Grounds of opinion, when relevant. |
| 52.
| | In civil cases character to prove conduct imputed, irrelevant. |
| 53.
| | In criminal cases previous good character relevant. |
| 54.
| | Previous bad character irrelevant, except when evidence of good character is given. |
| 55.
| | Character as affecting damages. |
| 56.
| | No proof required of fact judicially noticed. |
| 57.
| | Facts of which Court must take judicial notice. [5, 6 of 2021] |
| 58.
| | Facts admitted need not be proved. |
| 59.
| | Facts may be proved by oral evidence. |
| 60.
| | Oral evidence must be direct. |
| 61.
| | Proof of contents of documents. |
| 62.
| | Primary evidence. |
| 63.
| | Secondary evidence. |
| 64.
| | Proof of documents by primary evidence. |
| 65.
| | Cases in which secondary evidence relating to documents may be given. [6, 6 of 2021] |
| 66.
| | Rules as to notice to produce. |
| 67.
| | Proof of signature and handwriting of person alleged to have signed or written document produced. |
| 68.
| | Proof of execution of document required by law to be attested |
| 69.
| | Proof where no attesting witness found. [7, 6 of 2021] |
| 70.
| | Admission of execution by party to attested document. |
| 71.
| | Proof when attesting witness denies the execution. |
| 72.
| | Proof of document not required by law to be attested. |
| 73.
| | Comparison of handwritings. |
| 74.
| | Public documents. [8, 6 of 2021] |
| 75.
| | Private documents. |
| 76.
| | Certified copies of public documents. |
| 77.
| | Proof of documents by production of certified copies. |
| 78.
| | Proof of other official documents. [9, 6 of 2021] |
| 79.
| | Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies. [10, 6 of 2021] |
| 80.
| | Presumption on production of record of evidence. |
| 81.
| | Presumption as to Gazettes. [11, 6 of 2021] |
| 82.
| | [12, 6 of 2021] |
| 83.
| | Presumption as to maps or plan made or signed by Surveyor-General. |
| 84.
| | Presumption as to collections of laws and reports of decisions. |
| 85.
| | Presumption as to powers of attorney. [13, 6 of 2021] |
| 86.
| | Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records. [14, 6 of 2021] |
| 87.
| | Presumption as to books and maps. |
| 88.
| | Presumptions as to telegraphic messages. |
| 89.
| | Presumption as to due execution, &c. of documents not produced |
| 90.
| | Presumption as to documents thirty years old. |
| 90A.
| | Interpretation. [15, 6 of 2021] [2, 29 of 2005] |
| 90B.
| | Power to extend provisions of chapter. [16, 6 of 2021] |
| 90C.
| | Mode of proof of entries in bankers? books. |
| 90D.
| | Inspection of books by order of court or Judge. |
| 90E.
| | Case in which officer of bank not compellable to produce books. |
| 90F.
| | Costs. |
| 91.
| | Evidence of terms of contracts, grants or other disposition of property reduced to form of document. [17, 6 of 2021] |
| 92.
| | Exclusion of evidence of oral agreement. |
| 93.
| | Exclusion of evidence to explain or amend ambiguous document. |
| 94.
| | Exclusion of evidence against application of document to existing facts. |
| 95.
| | Evidence as to document unmeaning in reference to existing facts. |
| 96.
| | Evidence as to application of language which can apply to one only of several persons. |
| 97.
| | Evidence as to application of language to one of two sets of facts, to neither of which the whole correctly applies. |
| 98.
| | Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, &c. |
| 99.
| | Who may give evidence of agreement varying terms of document. |
| 100.
| | What questions to be determined according to English Law of Evidence. [18, 6 of 2021] |
| 101.
| | Burden of proof. |
| 102.
| | On whom burden of proof lies. |
| 103.
| | Burden of proof as to particular fact. |
| 104.
| | Burden of proving fact necessary to be proved to make evidence admissible. |
| 105.
| | Burden of proving that case of accused comes within exceptions. |
| 106.
| | Burden of proving fact especially within knowledge of any person. |
| 107.
| | Burden of proving death of person known to have been alive within thirty years. |
| 108.
| | Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for one year. [2, 10 of 1988] |
| 109.
| | Burden of proof as to partnership, tenancy, and agency. |
| 110.
| | Burden of proof as to ownership. |
| 111.
| | Proof of good faith in transactions where one party is in position of active confidence. [19, 6 of 2021] |
| 112.
| | Birth during marriage conclusive proof of legitimacy. |
| 113.
| | Presumption that a boy under twelve years cannot rape. |
| 114.
| | Court may presume existence of certain facts. |
| 115.
| | Estoppel. |
| 116.
| | Estoppel of tenant |
| 117.
| | Estoppel of bailee, &c. |
| 118.
| | Who may testify. |
| 119.
| | Dumb witnesses. |
| 120.
| | Competent witnesses. |
| 121.
| | Judges and Magistrates. |
| 122.
| | Communications during marriage. |
| 123.
| | Evidence as to affairs of State. |
| 124.
| | Official communications. |
| 125.
| | Information as to commission of offences. |
| 126.
| | Professional communications. [20, 6 of 2021] |
| 127.
| | Section 126 to apply to clerks, and servants of advocates, proctors, and notaries. [21, 6 of 2021] |
| 128.
| | Privilege not waived by volunteering evidence. [22, 6 of 2021] |
| 129.
| | Confidential communications with legal advisers. |
| 130.
| | Production of witness' title deeds. |
| 131.
| | Who may not be compelled to produce documents. |
| 132.
| | Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate. [23, 6 of 2021] |
| 133.
| | Accomplice. |
| 134.
| | Number of witnesses. |
| 135.
| | Order of production and examination of witnesses |
| 136.
| | Judge to decide as to admissibility of evidence. |
| 137.
| | Examination-in-chief. |
| 138.
| | Order of examination. |
| 139.
| | Cross-examination of person called to produce a document. |
| 140.
| | Witnesses to character. |
| 141.
| | Leading questions. |
| 142.
| | When leading questions must not be asked. |
| 143.
| | When leading questions may be asked in cross-examination. |
| 144.
| | Evidence as to matters in writing. |
| 145.
| | Cross-examination as to previous statements in writing. |
| 146.
| | Questions lawful in cross-examination. |
| 147.
| | When witness to be compelled to answer. |
| 148.
| | Court to decide when witness shall be compelled to answer. |
| 149.
| | Question not to be asked without reasonable grounds. [24, 6 of 2021] |
| 150.
| | Procedure of court in case of question being asked without reasonable grounds.[25, 6 of 2021] |
| 151.
| | Indecent and scandalous questions. |
| 152.
| | Questions intended to insult or annoy. |
| 153.
| | Exclusion of evidence to contradict answers to questions testing veracity. |
| 154.
| | Question by party to his own witness. |
| 155.
| | Impeaching credit of witness. |
| 156.
| | Questions tending to corroborate evidence of relevant fact admissible. |
| 157.
| | Former statement of witness may be proved to corroborate later testimony as to same facts. |
| 158.
| | What matters may be proved in connection with proved statement relevant under section 32 or 33. |
| 159.
| | By writing made by another |
| 160.
| | Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section. |
| 161.
| | Right of adverse party as to writing used to refresh memory. |
| 162.
| | Production of documents |
| 163A.
| | Video recorded interview with a child may be given in evidence [ 4, 32 of 1999] |
| 164.
| | Using as evidence, of document production of which was refused on notice. |
| 165.
| | Judge' power to put questions or order production. |
| 166.
| | Power of Jury or assessors to put questions. |
| 167.
| | No New trial for improper admission or rejection of evidence. |
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