EVIDENCE
ACT
CHAPTER 7:02
Act *4 of 1848
Amended by
*12 of 1855
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*12 of 1898
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*23 of 1905
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7 of 1912
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31 of 1918
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29 of 1925
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12 of 1942
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39 of 1947
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20 of 1953
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7 of 1955
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16 of 1973
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52 of 1976
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36 of 1978
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45 of 1979
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**24 of 1981
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2 of 1983
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27 of 1986
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2 of 1990
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12 of 1991
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6 of 1993
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3 of 1994
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11 of 1996
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28 of 1996
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12 of 1999
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**27 of 2000
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ARRANGEMENt
OF SECTIONS
1. Short title.
PART I
GENERAL
2. English law of evidence to be
observed.
3. Judicial notice of statutory
instrument.
4. Proof of Commonwealth enactment.
5. Credit of witness not to be
impeached by general evidence of bad character.
6. Proof may be given of testimony
being inconsistent with former statement.
7. Cross-examination as to previous
statements in writing.
8. Previous conviction of witness.
9. Instruments may be proved without
an attesting witness.
10. Disputed writings may be compared
with writing proved genuine.
11. Application of previous sections.
12. (Repealed by Act No. 28 of
1996).
PART II
EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL CASES
13. Competency of accused and husband
or wife as witness in criminal cases.
Own
application.
No
comment if not called as witness.
Cross-examination.
No
question to show commission of offence not charged.
Exceptions.
Evidence
from box.
13A. Abolition of spousal privilege.
13B. Abolition
of the right of the accused to make unsworn statement.
14. Admissibility of certain trade or
business records.
14A. Admissibility of photographs.
14B. Admissibility of computer records.
14C. Proof of statement.
14D. Admissibility of Government records.
14E. Rules of Court.
15. Evidence
of person charged, if only witness called.
Right
of reply.
15A. Abolition of rules of corroboration.
PART III
EVIDENCE IN PARTICULAR CASes
16. Breach of promise.
17. Adultery.
18. Revenue cases.
19. Admission in evidence of documents
attested to in a foreign country.
Reports
and certificates admissible in evidence in certain circumstances.
PART IV
EVIDENCE RELATING TO BIRTHS, DEATHS AND
MARRIAGES
20. Certified
copies of entries in registers admissible in evidence.
Necessary
authentication of copies of entries.
Evidence
of identity of person named in copy of entry.
Proof
of births, etc., in Trinidad and Tobago and in United Kingdom and Republic of
Ireland.
PART V
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE IN CERTAIN CASES
21. Interpretation.
22. Certified copies of documents
admissible in evidence.
23. Officer not compellable to appear
as witness unless party to the suit.
24. Printing or tendering false
document.
25. Saving former rights.
26. Mode of proof of entry in
banker’s books.
27. Proof that book is a banker’s
book.
28. Verification of copy.
29. When banker not compellable to
produce book, etc.
30. Court or Judge may order
inspection, etc.
31. Fees to be paid.
32. Proof of instrument as to validity
of which attestation is necessary.
33. Presumption as to document twenty
years old.
34. Saving.
PART VI
EVIDENCE IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS
35. Interpretation.
36. Hearsay evidence to be admissible
only by virtue of this Act and other statutory provisions, or by agreement.
37. Admissibility of out‑of‑Court
statements as evidence of facts stated.
38. Witness’s previous statement,
if proved, to be evidence of facts stated.
39. Admissibility of certain records as
evidence of facts stated.
40. Admissibility of statements
produced by computers.
41. Provisions supplementary to
sections 37 to 40.
42. Admissibility of evidence as to
credibility of maker, etc., of statement admitted under section 37 or 39.
43. Rules of Court.
44. Admissibility of certain hearsay
evidence formerly admissible at common law.
45. Findings of adultery and paternity
as evidence in civil proceedings.
46. Abolition of certain privileges.
47. Act binds the State.
PART VII
General and miscellaneous
FIRST SCHEDULE—(Repealed by Act No. 28 of 1996).
SECOND
SCHEDULE.
THIRD
SCHEDULE.
notes.
footnotes.
