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The Evidence Act 1950 ( ms, Akta Keterangan 1950), is a
Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
n set of laws which were enacted to define the law of evidence.


Structure

The Evidence Act 1950, in its current form (1 January 2006), consists of 3 Parts containing 11 chapters, 167 sections and no schedule (including 9 amendments). *Part I: Relevancy **Chapter I: Preliminary **Chapter II: Relevancy of Facts ***General ***Admissions and Confessions ***Statements by Persons who cannot be called as Witnesses ***Statements made under Special Circumstances ***How much of a Statement to be proved ***Judgments of Courts when relevant ***Opinions of Third Persons when relevant ***Character when relevant *Part II: Proof **Chapter III: Facts which need not be proved **Chapter IV: Oral Evidence **Chapter V: Documentary Evidence ***Public Documents ***Presumptions as to Documents ***Documents Produced by a Computer **Chapter VI: Exclusion of Oral by Documentary Evidence *Part III: Production and Effect of Evidence **Chapter VII: Burden of Proof **Chapter VIII: Estoppel **Chapter IX: Witnesses **Chapter X: Examination of Witnesses **Chapter XI: Improper Admission and Rejection of Evidence


See also

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Evidence Act Evidence Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Australia, India, Malaysia and the United Kingdom relating to evidence. The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Evidence Bill during its ...


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Evidence Act 1950
{{PD-notice 1950 in Malaya Legal history of British Malaya 1950 in law Malaysian federal legislation