EVIDENCE ACT 1929 - SECT 34D
EVIDENCE ACT 1929 - SECT 34D
34D—Weight to be attached to evidence
(1) In estimating the
weight, if any, to be attached to a statement rendered admissible as evidence
by this Act, regard shall be had to all the circumstances from which any
inference can reasonably be drawn as to the accuracy or otherwise of the
statement, and in particular to the question whether or not the statement was
made contemporaneously with the occurrence or existence of the facts stated,
and to the question whether or not the maker of the statement had any
incentive to conceal or misrepresent facts.
(2) For the purpose of
any rule of law or practice requiring evidence to be corroborated or
regulating the manner in which uncorroborated evidence is to be treated, a
statement rendered admissible as evidence by this Act shall not be treated as
corroboration of evidence given by the maker of the statement.