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Oral account of the contents of a document is admissible:

Section 63(5) recognises an oral account of a document’s contents by someone who personally saw the document. A person who saw and read it can give such an account, whereas…

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Oral account of the contents of a document is admissible:

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Section 63(5) recognises an oral account of a document’s contents by someone who personally saw the document. A person who saw and read it can give such an account, whereas merely being shown an unread document or hearing it read is insufficient for that class. Admission still requires an applicable section 65 ground for secondary evidence.

Current law: BSA sections 58(v) and 60 retain the personal-seeing class and separate conditions permitting secondary evidence.

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