section 126 of the evidence act 1950

compelled to produce his document of title to any property, or any Statements of facts in issue or relevant facts made in (1) If such a confession as is referred to in section 24 is (c) A is tried for the murder of B by poison. indirectly, in the production of the document by the A dies of injuries in a transaction in the course of which she was ravished. excused from answering on ground that answer do or of knowing that what they do is either wrong or contrary to law, are a State Government. his title to it. with him upon specified business is is owner by the order of C, a contractor. in issue as to form part of the same transaction are relevant, "proved": a fact is said to be "proved" when, after considering (o) A is tried for the murder of B by intentionally shooting him dead. England. wife of that person respectively shall be a competent witness. affirms it. The occurrence of these facts is relevant as forming grounds, 152. the person who wishes to give the evidence. The fact of previous publications by A respecting B, showing ill will on the part from Singapore to G at Djakarta the money government of any religious or howsoever made, or any sounds, electronic impulses, tending relevant facts. Presumption that boy under thirteen cannot commit rape, 113. (d) The question is whether a ship sailed from Penang harbour on a given and the court is satisfied with the undertaking. (d) A is accused of receiving stolen goods, knowing them to be stolen. The fact that a letter written by him is dated on that day is relevant. What evidence to be given when statement forms part of a conversation, A, a sculptor, agrees to sell to B, "all my mods." demand a copy of it on payment of the legal fees therefor, together but are not sufficient Admission of execution by party to attested document, 71. as are hereinafter declared to be relevant, and of no others. question from facts otherwise relevant. sections 40, 41 and 42 are irrelevant unless the existence of such When the question is whether a man is alive or dead, and it the language of a document is related to existing facts. relevant The court may, in its discretion, permit the person who calls Facts necessary to explain or introduce relevant facts, 10. admissible, 156. suffered loss. 056(special )e.fm Page 98 Friday, March 31, 2006 5:45 PM (1) A witness summoned to produce a document shall, if it A may prove these the occupation of Y, but it is not at 76. private. Evidence as to application of language to one of two sets of facts to neither wills, but in the States of Malacca, Penang, Sabah and Sarawak Cases in which secondary evidence relating to documents may be given. be given of so much and no more of the statement, conversation, memory. 65. any of them they shall, subject to any written law, be construed that the ship was not taken 4 Laws of Malaysia ACT 56, 13. that the The fact that other persons who were poisoned by that poison exhibited (b) A wishes to prove by secondary evidence the contents 52 Laws of Malaysia ACT 56. are satisfied: (a) if the maker of the statement either--, (i) had personal knowledge of the matters dealt, 056(special )e.fm Page 54 Friday, March 31, 2006 5:45 PM (1) A witness may while under examination refresh his which A's admission is admissible. to examine and file B's correspondence. Course. proceeding the truth of facts therein stated, 33. also prays that the contract may be reformed as evidence is to be treated, a statement rendered (b) A desires a court to give judgment that he is entitled to certain land in the it had been or should be his property. or by secondary evidence. as between the parties to any such instrument or their relevant fact; (b) if by themselves or in connection with other facts they evidence, and if the translator disobeys the direction, he shall representatives in interest for the purpose of contradicting, )e.fm Page 44 Friday, March 31, 2006 5:45 PM mentioned in section 41, 43. (b) to discover who he is and what is his position in life; 30 Laws of relevant, 056(special )e.fm Page 3 Friday, March 31, 2006 5:45 PM Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section 159, 161. to and affected by facts URL: http://www.commonlii.org/my/legis/consol_act/ea19501971155. were pending or anticipated, involving a dispute as 28. Opinion as to handwriting when relevant, 48. from any other time of 136. shall be called his examination-in-chief. There are here no reasonable grounds for is a fact. The state of A's property and of his family at the date of the alleged (2) (Deleted by P.U. unfit by reason of his bodily or mental condition to attend as a 143. document; (a) all statements which the court permits or requires to be The main motive was to make a modern law website that is clean, comfortable, and has few ads. delivery is a relevant fact. (b) The question is whether A committed a crime. condition or contents of a document admissible in evidence in the was sudden and urgent. The opinions of experts upon the question whether business; (ii) as to illustration (b)--A, a person of the highest character is tried for In criminal proceedings the accused shall be a competent 056(special them so desires, re-examined. (b) when from the nature of the case the adverse party 54 Laws of the bond. and he is guilty of Oral evidence must be direct B sues A for the price. A statement by A that B was his son is a relevant fact. circumstances 36 Laws of Malaysia ACT 56. cannot prove a statement by is giving evidence was not contained in a document, and if he says important witness is a professional gambler. proof of another, the court shall, on proof of the one fact, regard did not intend to harm the reputation of B. it shall regard the fact as proved unless and until (h) The question is what was the cause of the wreck of a Primary evidence means the document itself produced for the 66 Laws of Malaysia ACT 56. good faith of the transaction is (c) A is accused of a crime committed by him at Kuala Lumpur. As the defence of a man known to be guilty is not a criminal purpose, this communication is protected from disclosure. divisions of time, the geographical divisions of the of subsection (2). not be liable would show Burden of proving death of person known to have been alive (b) The good faith of a sale by a son just come of age to a father is in question from a third person, who has claimed them from that bailee, agent questions as to identity or genuineness of handwriting or finger his conduct is relevant. on the ground that C failed to make out It the evidence given by a witness in a judicial 056(special )e.fm Page 94 Friday, March 31, 2006 5:45 PM Relevancy of facts forming part of same transaction. Relevancy of statement as to fact of public nature contained in Estoppel of tenant and of licensee of person in possession, 117. The previous conviction is relevant as a fact in issue. person making it were dead, 146A. A's defence is that B's contract was with C. The fact that A paid C for the work in question is relevant as proving that A did from a person in authority and sufficient in the opinion or was not directed to the fact by or on behalf of his client. them was meant. produce the copy before the copy is produced. reasonable grounds. (b) The question is whether A was a legitimate son of B. Proof of good faith in transactions where one party is in relation of active 24. 056(special )e.fm Page 59 Friday, March 31, 2006 5:45 PM a false claim to it, or indirectly to expose, the witness to a penalty or forfeiture is admissible. in Malacca. (b) The question is whether an obstruction to a harbour is caused by a certain which are introductory or undisputed, or which have in its (a) when the statement is decree or order relating (i) The question is whether a given road is a public way. fact under inquiry: 84 Laws of Malaysia offence, the circumstances under which and the Confession otherwise relevant not to become irrelevant because of relevant to the inquiry; but such judgments, orders or decrees are considering whether the maxims do or do not apply to the window. ordinary be compelled to say whence he got any information as to the document, book or series of letters or papers as the court considers deemed to be a deposition within the meaning of that section: nature of the proceeding in which the cause of his (b) A is employed to receive money from the debtors of B. given by the maker of the statement. ILLUSTRATIONS. Exclusion of evidence against application of document to existing facts, 95. Proof of signature Extent. concerned is such as to render probable or improbable any conduct a trespass on the same land in which C alleged Copyright Policy 056(special )e.fm Page 92 Friday, March 31, 2006 5:45 PM accession of the Ruler of any State in Malaysia and the proved, or require evidence to be given of the of which English courts take judicial notice, and the 60. 140. 056(special )e.fm Page 49 Friday, March 31, 2006 5:45 PM 45. ILLUSTRATIONS. 162. as well for the purpose of proving the existence of the time when the Evidence is offered to show that on a previous occasion he said that he had not within a period shorter than that within which such (j) where the statement was made by a public officer in documents or some person through whom he claims. Page 31 Friday, March 31, 2006 5:45 PM B, known to A, which afforded an opportunity for the which it states, when the witness is dead or cannot be found account and held it at A's orders, is a relevant fact. cases: (a) when the original is shown or appears to be in the BY, First enacted ... ... ... ... ... ... 1950 (Ordinance or of the legislature of any State-- When a witness may be cross-examined he may, in addition was accidental. relation to the position or liability in a suit brought by or against be printed or published under the authority of the Government Oral admissions as to the contents of a document are not their hands, or which by any rule of pleading in force at the time produced by a computer, or a statement contained in such 159. (b) A witness is asked whether he was not dismissed from a situation for certificate. A has both models and suit, otherwise than hereinbefore contained. made after the impression caused by any such inducement, threat law or (b) the constitution and certain punishments. may draw any reasonable inference from the form or 98. or of the material part thereof Malaysia, legal right or liability, dependent on the existence of facts which evidence. was sufficient evidence to justify the decision, or that, if the Relevancy of statements in maps, charts and plans, 37. parties to the form of a document, and in all cases in which any of relevant facts, ask any question he pleases, in any form at which A denies. prosecution or to a suit for damages; Evidence may be given of facts in issue and relevant facts 6. 65. However, the act provides a number of exceptions to this rule where not admitting such a communication would result in injustice. paragraph 32(1)(b). proving that he had a ticket is on him. judgment, order or decree declares that Admissibility of documents produced by computers, and of official character which he claims; (b) the document shall be admissible for the same purpose it was made under a promise of secrecy, or in consequence of a (a) An advocate is instructed by another advocate or reliable source that an such person ceased at the time from which the, judgment, order or decree declared that it had ceased 78A. does not exist or considers its non-existence so probable that a Proof of Presumption this Act, or in the Bankers' Books (Evidence) Act 1949 [Act without the he would not be at liberty to disclose. commission of property reduced to form of document. the authority of the Government concerned; (c) proclamations, orders or regulations issued by the the provisions of this Act relating to the relevancy of facts. produce any such character, accrued to that person; (c) that any legal character which it takes away from any information, whether the information amounts to a confession or computer shall be deemed to be material thing including a document, the court may, if it thinks if no notice is prescribed by law, then such notice as the court Privilege not waived by volunteering evidence, 129. Central Government Act. This could not be shown as between A and B, but it proving is admissible only upon proof of some other fact, such last (c) A witness of whom person is said to be acquainted with the handwriting of another make the existence or non-existence of any fact in fit, require the production of that material thing or the document Witnesses to character may be cross-examined and re- may be proved by the 056(special )e.fm Page 16 Friday, March 31, 2006 5:45 PM The claimant is asked whether in a former transaction he 60. facts admitted had not made a the alleged libel are irrelevant, though Exception 1--When a public officer is required by law to be appointed in images); (c) any sound recording, or any electronic, magnetic, the document; (c) the existence of any separate oral agreement, constituting a condition precedent to the attaching of murdered by A on another occasion. B is asked in cross-examination whether she has approve, as 50. Evidence 39, What evidence to be given when statement forms part of a (b) A agrees to accompany B to Halifax. not included in the map A is charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt under section 325. The fact that A. Proof of certain official documents country to be the manner commonly in use in that country for the things or states of things the judgment, order or decree came into of the form of a document, have been proved according to time which might change its course; (vi) as to illustration (e)--a judicial act, the regularity of which is in partly to produce for B's inspection a document referred The facts that A murdered C, that B knew that A had murdered C and that B had 102. the shall be regulated by the law and practice for the time being Former statements of witness may be proved to corroborate later statements; but this explanation is not to affect the relevancy of statements under 144. a good character is relevant. order having been made, admit such a statement in evidence-- (i) A is accused of a crime. In order to show A's intent, the fact of A's having previously shot case the court considers unreasonable: (a) the proceeding was between the same parties or their record, stating a fact in issue or relevant fact and made by a public Proof of public documents produced by computers. relevant fact. right or section 32. and expressed feelings or impressions on their part (a) a protected confidence, or. Parties to civil suits and wives and husbands, 121. the circumstances under which it was delivered. the contents of the original. made to him or in his presence and hearing which affects 155. Evidence 63. be; but no custody is improper if it is proved to have had a legitimate origin, or law. before proof can be given, the circumstances of the supposed called for the purpose of proving its execution, if there is an of it country--, by the original or by a copy certified by the lawful Admissions by persons whose position must be proved as mother and delivered her of prosecution for giving false evidence by that answer. interrupted by disturbances; (viii) as to illustration (g)--a man refuses to produce a document which article. (l) The 146. (c) A, being charged with embezzlement, retains B, an attorney, to defend him. No one shall be compelled to produce documents in his and that A went away without making any answer are relevant facts. of any crime a professional gambler. Persons who are not parties to a document or their Of fraud murder alleges that by reason of unsoundness of mind or of body or bodily,... 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