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EVIDENCE ACT 1995 No. 2 of 1995 - LONG TITLE
An Act about the law of evidence, and for related purposes
This Act sets out the federal rules of evidence. Generally speaking, the Act
applies to proceedings in federal courts and ACT courts (see section 4), but
some provisions extend beyond such proceedings (see Note 2 to subsection
4(1)).
Chapter 2 is about how evidence is adduced in proceedings.
Chapter 3 is about admissibility of evidence in proceedings.
Chapter 4 is about proof of matters in proceedings.
Chapter 5 deals with miscellaneous matters.
The Dictionary at the end of this Act defines terms and expressions
used in this Act.
Related legislation This Act is in most respects uniform with the
Evidence Act 1995 of New South Wales. The 2 Acts are drafted in identical
terms except so far as differences are identified in the Acts by appropriate
annotations to the texts, and except so far as minor drafting variations are
required because one Act is a Commonwealth Act and one Act is a New South
Wales Act.
If one Act contains a provision that is not included in the other Act, the
numbering of the other Act has a gap in the numbering in order to maintain
consistent numbering for the other provisions.
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