Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Evidence Act 2008 - SECT 54

Views to be evidence

54. Views to be evidence

The court (including, if there is a jury, the jury) may draw any reasonable
inference from what it sees, hears or otherwise notices during a
demonstration, experiment or inspection. __________________ CHAPTER
3-ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE Introductory Note Outline of this Chapter This
Chapter is about whether evidence adduced in a proceeding is admissible.
Part 3.1 sets out the general inclusionary rule that relevant evidence is
admissible. Part 3.2 is about the exclusion of hearsay evidence, and
exceptions to the hearsay rule. Part 3.3 is about exclusion of opinion
evidence, and exceptions to the opinion rule. Part 3.4 is about admissions and
the extent to which they are admissible as exceptions to the hearsay rule and
the opinion rule. Part 3.5 is about exclusion of certain evidence of judgments
and convictions. Part 3.6 is about exclusion of evidence of tendency or
coincidence, and exceptions to the tendency rule and the coincidence rule.
Part 3.7 is about exclusion of evidence relevant only to credibility, and
exceptions to the credibility rule. Part 3.8 is about character evidence and
the extent to which it is admissible as exceptions to the hearsay rule, the
opinion rule, the tendency rule and the credibility rule. Part 3.9 is about
the requirements that must be satisfied before identification evidence is
admissible. Part 3.10 is about the various categories of privilege that may
prevent evidence being adduced. Part 3.11 provides for the discretionary and
mandatory exclusion of evidence even if it would otherwise be admissible.







The following diagram shows how this Chapter applies to particular evidence-

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PART 3.1-RELEVANCE