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Evidence (Special Provisions) Act (No. 14 of 1995) - Sect 3

Casus omisus

3.
(1) For the determination of any matter arising out e application of the provisions of this Act or incidental thereto and not provided for in this Act, the provisions of the Evidence Ordinance or any other law shall, where appropriate, and with suitable adaptations as the justice of the case may require, be adopted and applied.
(2) For the purpose of applying the provisions of the Evidence Ordinance or other law for the determination of any matter not provided for in this Act, the provisions relating to documents, or governing a like matter in the Evidence Ordinance or such other law shall with such suitable adaptations as the interests of justice may require, be adopted and applied in the case of a recording, reproduction, statement or other evidence admissible under this Act.
(3) Where it is not appropriate or practical to adapt and apply the provisions of the Evidence Ordinance or other law as aforesaid for the determination of any matter not provided for in this Act, the court may in the exercise of its inherent power, determine such matter by making such as the interests of justice may require.


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