South Australian Current Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1929 - SECT 59J

59J—Court's power to dispense with formal proof

        (1)         A court may at any stage of civil or criminal proceedings—

            (a)         dispense with compliance with the rules of evidence for proving any matter that is not genuinely in dispute; or

            (b)         dispense with compliance with the rules of evidence where compliance might involve unreasonable expense or delay.

        (2)         In exercising its power under subsection (1) the court may, for example, dispense with proof of—

            (a)         a document or the execution of a document;

            (b)         handwriting;

            (c)         the identity of a party;

            (d)         the conferral of an authority to do a particular act.

        (3)         A court is not bound by the rules of evidence in informing itself on any matter relevant to the exercise of its discretion under this section.