Commonwealth Numbered Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1995 No. 2 of 1995 - SECT 50

50. (1) The court may direct that a party may adduce evidence of the contents
of 2 or more documents in question in the form of a summary if:

   (a)  application is made to it by the party before the hearing concerned;
        and

   (b)  it is satisfied that it would not otherwise be possible conveniently
        to examine the evidence because of the volume and complexity of the
        documents in question.

(2) The court may only make such a direction if the party seeking to adduce
the evidence in the form of a summary has:

   (a)  served on each other party a copy of the summary that discloses the
        name and address of the person who prepared the summary; and

   (b)  given each other party a reasonable opportunity to examine or copy the
        documents in question.

(3) The opinion rule does not apply to evidence adduced in accordance with a
direction under this section.