Evidence Act
Seychelles
"film" includes a microfilm;
"Government printer" means, as respects the United Kingdom or any British possession, the
printer purporting to be the printer authorised to print the acts, ordinances, or statutes of the
Legislature of the United Kingdom or of that possession, or otherwise to be the Queen's Printer of
Acts of Parliament or the Government printer of that possession;
"oath" includes affirmation and declaration;
"statement" means any representation of facts, whether made in words or otherwise;
"trial" includes any inquiry, hearing or other proceeding in any court of justice or before any
person having now or hereafter by law or by consent of parties authority to hear, receive or examine
evidence.
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In this Act, any reference to a copy of a document includes
(a)
in the case of a document falling within paragraph (c) of the definition of document, a
transcript of the sounds or other data embodied therein;
(b)
in the case of a document falling within paragraph (d) of the definition of document, a
reproduction or still reproduction of the image or images embodied therein, wether enlarged
or not;
(c)
in the case of a document falling within paragraphs (c) and (d) of the definition of document,
a transcript of the sound or other data embodied therein together with a still reproduction of
the image embodied therein, whether enlarged or not;
(d)
in the case of a document not falling within paragraph (d) of the definition of document of
which a visual image is embodied in a document falling within the paragraph, a reproduction
of that image, whether enlarged or not,
and any reference to a copy of the material part of a document shall be construed accordingly.
General provisions
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Oral evidence to prove occupation of immovable property
In any claim to rent or indemnity for the occupation of immovable property, oral evidence shall, when
a lease is denied and is not completely established by writing, be admissible to prove or disprove the
occupation and the amount or payment of the indemnity; and the party suing shall be entitled to such
indemnity although it may result from the oral evidence given that the occupation existed under a lease:
Provided that such claim for indemnity shall be barred by one year's prescription:
Provided further that nothing in this section contained shall alter any law by virtue of which the possessor
of immovable property is entitled to retain the fruits thereof, and to make them his own.
4.
Examination on unsworn personal answers
Whenever a party to a suit is called upon to give his unsworn personal answers, he may be examined as
an adverse witness by the party calling him and afterwards examined on his own behalf, but only as to
matters arising out of the examination made by the party calling him; and he may then be re examined
touching any question put to him on his behalf.
5.
Insufficiency of notices not to exclude evidence
Whenever the Republic or any other party to a trial is required by any law or rule of court in force in
Seychelles to file a list of witnesses or give a notice of facts, if at the trial witnesses be tendered whose
names have not been included in such list, or who have not been sufficiently described therein, or if
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