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Evidence Act (Amendment) Act, 2023

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EVIDENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023

Explanatory Memorandum: This Act amends the Evidence Act No. 18, 2011 to bring its provisions in accordance with global technological advancements in evidence taking which shall be applicable to all judicial proceedings in or before courts in Nigeria.

EVIDENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023

Arrangement of Section

Section:

1. Amendment of Act No. 18, 2011

2. Amendment of section 84

3. Insertion of new sections 84A-84D

4. Amendment of section 93

5. Substitution for section 108

6. Amendment of section 109

7. Amendment of section 110

8. Amendment of section 1 19

9. Substitution for section 255

10. Amendment of section 258

11. Citation

A Bill for an Act to amend the Evidence Act, No. 18, 2011 to bring its provisions in accordance with global technological advancements in evidence taking which shall be applicable to all judicial proceedings in or before courts in Nigeria; and for related matters.

Commencement

ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Amendment of Act No. 18, 2011

1. The Evidence Act, No. 18, 2011 (in this Act referred to as "the Principal Act") is amended as set out in this Act.

Amendment of section 84

2. Section 84 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in subsection (2) (a), by inserting after the word "document", the words "or electronic records";
(b) in subsection (2) (b), by substituting for paragraph (b), a new paragraph "(b)"-

"(b) that during the period, information of the kind contained in the electronic record or of the kind from which the information so contained is derived was regularly fed into the computer in the ordinary course of the activities";

(c) in subsection (2) (e), by inserting after the word "document", the words "or electronic records";
(d) in subsection (2) (d), by inserting after the word "statement", the words "or electronic records";
(e) in subsection (4) (a) and (b), by inserting after the words "document", the words "or electronic record"; and
(f) in subsection (5) (c), by inserting after the word "document" the words "or electronic records".

Insertion of new sections 84A-84D

3. (1) Insert after section 84 of the Principal Act, new sections "84A" - "84D"-

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