Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

EVIDENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT (NO. 2) 1993 (NO. 62 OF 1993) - NOTES

NOTE

1. Reprinted as at 31 May 1991. See also Act No. 2, 1993.

NOTE ABOUT SECTION HEADINGS

On the day on which the Evidence Act 1971 is amended by this Act, headings to sections of the Principal Act are altered as set out in the following table:

Section	Alteration
7	Omit from the heading “of Act”.
12	Omit from the heading “certificates etc.”, substitute “documents”.
14	Omit from the heading “etc.”, substitute “and letters of administration”.
17	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Documents attested outside the Territory
18	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Declarations of due attestation made outside the Territory
20	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Proof—Justices of the Peace
23	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Compellability of bankers
27	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: References to Supreme Court
28	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Documentary evidence—maker of document called as witness
29	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Documentary evidence—maker of document unable to be called as witness
31	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Documentary evidence—criminal proceedings
32	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Weight of documentary evidence
34	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Production of documents and copies
35	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Signatures, etc.—proof of statements in documents
36	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Admissibility of documentary evidence—judicial discretion
37	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Medical certificates
38	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Documentary evidence of wages
43	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Admissibility of computer statements—judicial discretion
44	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Evidentiary weight of computer statements
45	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Failure to comply with court rules
52	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Examination without subpoena or other court process
60	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Party's discrediting of own witness
70	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Questioning of accused as to prior convictions and general reputation
75	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Admissibility of certificates of scientific examination
76G	Omit from the heading “relating to sexual experience etc.”, substitute “of sexual reputation”.
77	Omit from the heading all the words after “convictions”.
78	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Proof of convictions—actions for libel and slander
80	Omit from the heading “not affected by this Part”.
84	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Non-compliance with section 83 order
85	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Questions disallowed under sections 58 and 59
97	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Failure to attend Supreme Court as required

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 25 March 1993]

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[Notified in ACT Gazette S172: 6 September 1993]