Evidence Act 1950
The Evidence Act 1950, is a Malaysian set of laws which were enacted to define the law of evidence.Structure
The Evidence Act 1950, in its current form, consists of 3 Parts containing 11 chapters, 167 sections and no schedule.
- 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
