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==