Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1971

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   2.      Dictionary  
   3.      Notes  
   7.      Application of Act  

   PART 3--PROOF OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATES

   11.     Public documents  
   12.     Proof of certain documents  
   14.     Evidentiary effect of probate and letters of administration  
   15.     Admissibility of machine copies and reproductions of official documents  

   PART 4--PROOF OF ATTESTATION OF DOCUMENTS

   16.     Proof of attestation of documents  
   18.     Declarations of due attestation made outside ACT  
   19.     Capacity of attesting witnesses  
   20.     Proof—justices of the peace  

   PART 6--ADMISSIBILITY OF STATEMENTS IN DOCUMENTS

   28.     Documentary evidence—maker of document called as witness  
   29.     Documentary evidence—maker of document unable to be called as  
   30.     Documentary evidence of opinions  
   31.     Documentary evidence—criminal proceedings  
   32.     Weight of documentary evidence  
   33.     Corroborative value of documentary evidence  
   34.     Production of documents and copies  
   35.     Signatures etc—proof of statements in documents  
   36.     Admissibility of documentary evidence—judicial discretion  
   37.     Medical certificates  
   38.     Documentary evidence of wages  

   PART 7--ADMISSIBILITY OF DOCUMENTS PRODUCED BY COMPUTERS

   39.     Computers  
   40.     Information supplied to computers  
   42.     Admissibility of statements produced by computers  
   43.     Admissibility of computer statements—judicial discretion  
   44.     Evidentiary weight of computer statements  
   45.     Failure to comply with court rules  

   PART 8--PROOF OF FOREIGN LAWS AND DOCUMENTS

   46.     References to statute  
   47.     Proof of written laws of overseas countries  
   48.     Proof of law reports of overseas countries  
   49.     Proof of judicial proceedings of overseas country  
   50.     Proof of public books and documents of overseas countries  
   51.     Certificates under s 47, s 49 or s 50  

   PART 9--WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE IN PROCEEDINGS GENERALLY

   52.     Examination without subpoena or other court process  
   53.     Witness not disqualified by interest or crime  
   56.     Evidence about character  
   58.     Disallowance of certain questions  
   59.     Scandalous and insulting questions  
   60.     Party's discrediting of own witness  
   61.     Proof of prior inconsistent statement of witnesses  
   62.     Cross-examination about previous statements  
   63.     Evidence in writing  
   63A.    Interpreters  
   64.     Unsworn evidence of young children  
   65.     Dying declarations  

   PART 10--EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

   67.     Admission by accused person  
   68.     Admissibility of confessions or admissions  
   68A.    Abolition of right of accused to make unsworn statement  
   69.     Incriminating questions  
   70.     Questioning of accused about prior convictions and general reputation  
   71.     Evidence about character of accused  
   72.     Depositions of persons dangerously ill  
   75.     Admissibility of certificates of scientific examination  
   76.     General discretion to reject evidence  

   PART 11--ADMISSIBILITY OF CONVICTIONS IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS

   77.     Proof of convictions  
   78.     Proof of convictions—actions for libel and slander  
   79.     Evidence identifying facts on which conviction was based  
   80.     Operation of other laws  
   81.     Meaning of conviction and court—pt 11  

   PART 13--MISCELLANEOUS

   86.     Documents 20 years old  
   87.     Machine copies  
   88.     Impounding documents  
   89.     Proof of service on notice to produce  
   90.     Proof of authority to institute proceedings for indictable  
   92.     Maps, charts etc  
   93.     Evidence when letter delivered in ordinary course of post  
   94.     Proof of convictions  
   95.     Abolition of certain privileges  
   96.     Comparison of disputed writing  
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           DICTIONARY
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