The Evidence Act 1950 (), is
Malaysia
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n legislation, which was 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 ...
References
*S Mohan. Law of Evidence in Malaysia: With Cases and Commentaries. International Law Book Services. 1992. Passim
Google*Abdul Rani Kamarudin, "The 'Turnbull Guidelines' Proof and Evidence under the Malaysian Evidence Act 1950" (2003) 11 IIUM Law Journal 263 (No 2
HeinOnline*Mazupi Abdul Rahman and Ahmad Azam Mohd Shariff, "The Scope and Application of Similar Fact Evidence under the Evidence Act 1950" (2003) 7 Jurnal Undang-undang dan Masyarakat 7
ProQuest*Mageswary Siva Subramaniam, "Similar fact evidence in Malaysia: A review of Section 11(b) of the Evidence Act 1950" (2018) 26 Asia Pacific Law Review 5
Taylor & Francis*"Similar Facts in the Supreme Court" (1991) 18 Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law 17
HeinOnline*Mohd. Akram bin Hj Shair Mohamed, "The Rule against Hearsay and the Evidence Act 1950"
990
Year 990 ( CMXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Al-Mansur, Chancellor and effective ruler of Al-Andalus, conquers the Castle of Montemor-o-Velho (modern Portugal), expanding t ...
2 Malaysian Current Law Journal iii
*"Clearing the Mist of Misconception surrounding the Nature of Without Prejudice Privilege under Section 23 of the Evidence Act 1950"
988
Year 988 ( CMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Fall – Emperor Basil II, supported by a contingent of 6,000 Varangians (the future Varangian Guard), organiz ...
Current Law Joumal 703 (November/December)
*Akram b. Hj. Shair Mohamed, "The Scope of Legal Professional Privilege under section 127 of the Evidence Act 1950"
989
Year 989 ( CMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Emperor Basil II uses his contingent of 6,000 Varangians to help him defeat Bardas Phokas (the Younger), who suffe ...
2 Malaysian Current Law Journal 67 (July 1989)
*Muzaffar Syah Mallow, "The Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence with reference to the Malaysian Evidence Act 1950", Proceedings of INTCESS 2020 (7th International Conference on Education and Social Sciences
External links
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Law of British Malaya
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