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EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 4 Meaning of copy of document etc.

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 4

Meaning of copy of document etc.

4 Meaning of copy of document etc.

In this Act, any reference to a copy of a document includes—

(a) in the case of a document falling within paragraph (e) but not paragraph (f) of the definition
"document" in schedule 3 —a transcript of the sounds or other data embodied therein; and
(b) in the case of a document falling within paragraph (f) but not paragraph (e) of that definition—a reproduction or still reproduction of the image or images embodied therein, whether enlarged or not; and
(c) in the case of a document falling within both those paragraphs—such a transcript together with such a reproduction or still reproduction; and
(d) in the case of a document not falling within the said paragraph (f) of which a visual image is embodied in a document falling within that paragraph—a reproduction or still reproduction of that image, whether enlarged or not;
and any reference to a copy of the material part of a document shall be construed accordingly.