[2009]
Evidence
41
Cap 80
100. When language used in a document is plain, and when it Evidence to show
applies accurately to existing facts, evidence may not be given to show inapplicability.
that it was not meant to apply to such facts.
101. When language used in a document is plain, but is unmeaning Evidence to explain a
in reference to existing facts, evidence may be given to show that it was latent ambiguity.
used in a peculiar sense.
102. When the facts are such that the language used in a document Evidence of
might have been meant to apply to any one, and could not have been application to one of
meant to apply to more than one of several persons or things, evidence several subjects.
may be given of facts which show to which of those persons or things
it was intended to apply.
103. When the language used in a document applies partly to one Evidence of
set of existing facts, and partly to another, but the whole of it does not application to one of
apply correctly to either, evidence may be given to show to which of several sets of facts.
the two it was meant to apply.
104. Evidence may be given to show the meaning of illegible or Evidence to explain
not commonly intelligible characters, of foreign, obsolete, technical, special words.
local and provincial expressions, of abbreviations and of words used
in a peculiar sense.
105. Persons who are not parties to a document, or their Evidence of variation
representatives in interest, may give evidence of any facts tending given by third parties.
to show a contemporaneous agreement varying the terms of the
document.
106. Nothing in this Part shall affect the law relating to Wills.
the interpretation and construction of wills or other testamentary
dispositions.
Part VII – Electronic Records
1 of 2009.
106A. The contents of electronic records may be proved in Section 106B to
apply in proof of
accordance with the provisions of section 106B.
electronic records
106B. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, any Admissibility of
information contained in an electronic record which is printed on a electronic records.
paper, stored, recorded or copied on optical or electro-magnetic media
produced by a computer (herein referred to as computer output) shall
be deemed to be also a document, if the conditions mentioned in this
section are satisfied in relation to the information and computer in
question and shall be admissible in any proceedings, without further
proof or production of the original, as evidence of any contents of the
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