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Evidence Act · 2014 Revised Edition · Chapter II
Evidence Act · 2014 Revised Edition · Chapter II
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where the question is as to the existence of any right or custom, the following facts are relevant —
any transaction by which the right or custom in question was created, claimed, modified, recognised, asserted or denied or which was inconsistent with its existence;
particular instances in which the right or custom was claimed, recognised or exercised or in which its exercise was disputed, asserted or departed from.
Illustration
The question is whether A has a right to a fishery. A deed conferring the fishery on A’s ancestors, a mortgage of the fishery by A’s father, a subsequent grant of the fishery by
A’s father irreconcilable with the mortgage, particular instances in which A’s father exercised the right, or in which the exercise of the right was stopped by A’s neighbours, are relevant facts.
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