Evidence Act · 2014 Revised Edition · Chapter IX
Section 130
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No witness who is not a party to the suit shall be compelled to produce —
his title deeds to any property;
any document in virtue of which he holds any property as pledgee or mortgagee; or
any document the production of which might tend to criminate him, unless he has agreed in writing to produce them with the person seeking the production of such deeds or some person through whom he claims.
No witness who is a party to the suit shall be bound to produce any document in his possession or power which is not relevant or material to the case of the party requiring its production.
document
“document” means any matter expressed, described or howsoever represented upon any substance, material, thing or article, including any matter embodied in a disc, tape, film, sound track or other device whatsoever, by means of — (a) letters, figures, marks, symbols, signals or other forms of expression, description or representation whatsoever; (b) any visual recording (whether of still or moving images); (c) any sound recording or any electronic, magnetic, mechanical or other recording, whatsoever and however made, or any sound, electronic impulse or other data whatsoever; (d) a recording or transmission of the means mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), or by more than one of the means mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), intended to be used or which may be used for the purpose of expressing, describing or howsoever representing that matter; Illustrations A writing is a document. Words printed, lithographed or photographed are documents. A map, plan, graph or sketch is a document. An inscription on wood, metal, stone or any other substance, material or thing is a document. A photograph or a negative is a document. A tape recording of a telephonic communication, including a recording of such communication transmitted over distance is a document. A photographic or other visual recording, including a recording of photographic or other visual transmission over a distance is a document. A matter recorded, stored, processed, retrieved or produced by a computer is a document.
No bank shall be compelled to produce the books of such bank in any legal proceedings to which such bank is not a party, except as provided by the Bankers’ Book Evidence Act (Chapter 107).
bank
“bank” and “banker” means any company carrying on the business of banking in Brunei Darussalam under a licence granted any law relating to banking: “banker’s record” includes — (a) any document or record received or used in the ordinary business of a bank; and (b) any record so used which is kept otherwise than in a legible form and is capable of being reproduced in a legible form;
Evidence
evidence
“evidence” includes — (a) all statements which the court permits or requires to be made before it by witnesses in relation to matters of fact under inquiry: such statements are called oral evidence; (b) all documents produced for the inspection of the court: such documents are called documentary evidence.
Terms defined in this Act
bank
Defined · s 176“bank” and “banker” means any company carrying on the business of banking in Brunei Darussalam under a licence granted any law relating to banking: “banker’s record” includes — (a) any document or record received or used in the ordinary business of a bank; and (b) any record so used which is kept otherwise than in a legible form and is capable of being reproduced in a legible form;
document
Defined · s 3“document” means any matter expressed, described or howsoever represented upon any substance, material, thing or article, including any matter embodied in a disc, tape, film, sound track or other device whatsoever, by means of — (a) letters, figures, marks, symbols, signals or other forms of expression, description or representation whatsoever; (b) any visual recording (whether of still or moving images); (c) any sound recording or any electronic, magnetic, mechanical or other recording, whatsoever and however made, or any sound, electronic impulse or other data whatsoever; (d) a recording or transmission of the means mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), or by more than one of the means mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), intended to be used or which may be used for the purpose of expressing, describing or howsoever representing that matter; Illustrations A writing is a document. Words printed, lithographed or photographed are documents. A map, plan, graph or sketch is a document. An inscription on wood, metal, stone or any other substance, material or thing is a document. A photograph or a negative is a document. A tape recording of a telephonic communication, including a recording of such communication transmitted over distance is a document. A photographic or other visual recording, including a recording of photographic or other visual transmission over a distance is a document. A matter recorded, stored, processed, retrieved or produced by a computer is a document.
evidence
Defined · s 3“evidence” includes — (a) all statements which the court permits or requires to be made before it by witnesses in relation to matters of fact under inquiry: such statements are called oral evidence; (b) all documents produced for the inspection of the court: such documents are called documentary evidence.