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Evidence Act · 2014 Revised Edition · Chapter IX
Evidence Act · 2014 Revised Edition · Chapter IX
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any requirement whereby at a trial it is obligatory for the court to give a warning about convicting the accused on the uncorroborated evidence of a person merely because that person is —
court
“court” includes all Judges and Magistrates and, except arbitrators, all persons legally authorised to take evidence;
an alleged accomplice of the accused; or
where the offence charged is a sexual offence, the person in respect of whom it is alleged to have been committed, is hereby abrogated.
Evidence 92
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.
court
“court” includes all Judges and Magistrates and, except arbitrators, all persons legally authorised to take 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.