Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 2011 - SECT 92

    (1)     Section 91 (1) does not prevent the admission or use of evidence of the grant of probate, letters of administration or a similar order of a court to prove—

        (a)     the death, or date of death, of a person; or

        (b)     the proper execution of a testamentary document.

    (2)     In a civil proceeding, section 91 (1) does not prevent the admission or use of evidence that a party, or a person through or under whom a party claims, has been convicted of an offence, other than a conviction—

        (a)     in relation to which a review or appeal (however described) has been started but not finally decided; or

        (b)     that has been quashed or set aside; or

        (c)     in relation to which a pardon has been given.

    (3)     The hearsay rule and the opinion rule do not apply to evidence mentioned in this section.