Evidence Act 1950 Explained

Short Title:	Evidence Act 1950
Long Title:	An Act to define the law of evidence.
Citation:	Act 56
Territorial Extent:	Throughout Malaysia
Date Enacted:	1950 (Ordinance No. 11 of 1950) Revised: 1971 (Act 56 w.e.f. 1 November 1971)
Date Effective:	[Peninsular Malaysia--23 May 1950, Ord. No. 11 of 1950;<br>Sabah and Sarawak--1 November 1971, P.U.(A) 261/1971]
Amended By:	Federal Constitution (Modification of Laws) (Ordinances and Proclamations) Order 1958 [L.N. 332/1958] Evidence Ordinance (Extension) Order 1971 [P.U.(A) 261/1971] Corrigendum to P.U.(A) 261/1971 [P.U.(A) 280/1971] Revision of Laws (Evidence Act) Order 1974 [P.U.(A) 239/1974] Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment and Extension) Act 1976 [Act A324] Constitution (Amendment) Act 1976 [Act A354] Subordinate Courts Act (Extension) Order 1980 [P.U.(A) 357/1980] Evidence (Amendment) Act 1989 [Act A729] Evidence (Amendment) Act 1993 [Act A851] Evidence (Amendment) Act 1997 [Act A978]
Status:	In force

The Evidence Act 1950 (Malay: Akta Keterangan 1950), is Malaysian legislation, which was enacted to define the law of evidence.

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

• Evidence Act

References

• S Mohan. Law of Evidence in Malaysia: With Cases and Commentaries. International Law Book Services. 1992. Passim. Google
• Abdul Rani Kamarudin, "The 'Turnbull Guidelines' Proof and Evidence under the Malaysian Evidence Act 1950" (2003) 11 IIUM Law Journal 263 (No 2) HeinOnline
• Mazupi Abdul Rahman and Ahmad Azam Mohd Shariff, "The Scope and Application of Similar Fact Evidence under the Evidence Act 1950" (2003) 7 Jurnal Undang-undang dan Masyarakat 71 ProQuest
• Mageswary Siva Subramaniam, "Similar fact evidence in Malaysia: A review of Section 11(b) of the Evidence Act 1950" (2018) 26 Asia Pacific Law Review 59 Taylor & Francis
• "Similar Facts in the Supreme Court" (1991) 18 Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law 171 HeinOnline
• Mohd. Akram bin Hj Shair Mohamed, "The Rule against Hearsay and the Evidence Act 1950" [1990] 2 Malaysian Current Law Journal iii
• "Clearing the Mist of Misconception surrounding the Nature of Without Prejudice Privilege under Section 23 of the Evidence Act 1950" [1988] Current Law Joumal 703 (November/December)
• Akram b. Hj. Shair Mohamed, "The Scope of Legal Professional Privilege under section 127 of the Evidence Act 1950" [1989] 2 Malaysian Current Law Journal 67 (July 1989)
• Muzaffar Syah Mallow, "The Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence with reference to the Malaysian Evidence Act 1950", Proceedings of INTCESS 2020 (7th International Conference on Education and Social Sciences) https://www.ocerints.org/intcess20_e-publication/papers/83.pdf

External links

• Evidence Act 1950