Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 2011 - SECT 170

    (1)     Evidence of a fact that is, because of a provision of this Act mentioned in table 170, to be proved in relation to a document or thing may be given by a person permitted under section 171 to give the evidence.

    Table 170

column 1 item	column 2 provisions of this Act	column 3 subject matter
1	section 48	proof of contents of documents
2	section 63, section 64 and section 65	hearsay exceptions for first-hand hearsay
3	section 69	hearsay exception for business records
4	section 70	hearsay exception for tags, labels and other writing
5	section 71	hearsay exception for electronic communications
6	the provisions of part 4.3	facilitation of proof

Note     The Commonwealth Act

, s 170, table includes a reference to the Commonwealth Act

, s 182 (Commonwealth records).    

    (2)     Evidence may be given by affidavit or, if the evidence relates to a public document, by a written statement.