Name: |
The Evidence Ordinance 1994 (No. 21 of 1994) |
Country: |
United Kingdom - Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
Subject(s): |
Civil, commercial and family law |
Type of legislation: |
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance |
Adopted on: |
1994-11-25 |
Entry into force: |
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Published on: |
Falkland Islands Gazette, 1994-12-21, Vol. 5, No. 30, pp. 76-78
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ISN: |
GBR-1994-R-39348 |
Link: |
https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=39348&p_lang=en |
Bibliography: |
Falkland Islands Gazette, 1994-12-21, Vol. 5, No. 30, pp. 76-78
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Abstract/Citation: |
Pursuant to this Ordinance the Civil Evidence Act 1968 and the Civil Evidence Act 1972 are adopted as law of the Falkland Islands, subject to certain modifications and specific rules contained in the Ordinance. The specific rules concern rebuttal of common law presumptions as to legitimacy and illegitimacy, proof of instruments to validity of which attestation is necessary, presumptions as to documents twenty years old, and application of Acts relating to evidence. |