Evidence Act · 2014 Revised Edition · Chapter II
37. Relevancy of statement as to fact of public nature contained in certain Acts or notifications
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
When the court has to form an opinion as to the existence of any fact of a public nature, any statement of it made in a recital contained in —
court
“court” includes all Judges and Magistrates and, except arbitrators, all persons legally authorised to take evidence;
any legislation enacted by the Legislative Council or by the legislature of any part of the Commonwealth;
any printed paper purporting to be —
the Gazette printed under the authority of the
Government of Brunei Darussalam;
the London Gazette; or
the Gazette of any other part of the Commonwealth including, where any part thereof is both under a central government and a local government, any such local government, is a relevant fact.
Relevancy of statements as to law contained in law books.
Terms defined in s 3
court
Defined · s 3“court” includes all Judges and Magistrates and, except arbitrators, all persons legally authorised to take evidence;
fact
Defined · s 3“fact” means and includes — (a) anything, state of things or relation of things capable of being perceived by the senses; (b) any mental condition of which any person is conscious. Illustrations (a) That there are certain objects arranged in a certain order in a certain place is a fact. (b) That a man heard or saw something is a fact. (c) That a man said certain words is a fact. (d) That a man holds a certain opinion, has a certain intention, acts in good faith or fraudulently, or uses a particular word in a particular sense, or is or was at a specified time conscious of a particular sensation, is a fact. (e) That a man has a certain reputation is a fact. One fact is said to be relevant to another when the one is connected with the other in any of the ways referred to in the provisions of this Act relating to the relevancy of facts;
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