EVIDENCE ACT 1929 - SECT 55
EVIDENCE ACT 1929 - SECT 55
(1) If a document
purporting to contain a record of a message is transmitted by means of a
lettergram or telegram, it will be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the
contrary, that the message was received by the person to whom the message is
addressed no later than 24 hours after the message was delivered to a
post office for transmission as a lettergram or telegram.
(2) This section does
not apply in proceedings if—
(a) the
proceedings relate to a contract; and
(b) all
parties to the proceedings are parties to the contract; and
(c)
subsection (1) is inconsistent with a term of the contract.