Singapore legislation
Clause 19
Clause 19
New section 160A
The Evidence Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 160, the following section:“Evidence not capable of corroboration160A. For the purpose of any rule of law or practice that requires evidence to be corroborated or that regulates the manner in which uncorroborated evidence is to be treated —
(a)
a statement that is admissible in evidence by virtue of section 32(1) is not capable of corroborating evidence given by the maker of the statement; and
(b)
a statement that is admissible in evidence by virtue of section 32(1)(b) is not capable of corroborating evidence given by the person who originally supplied the information from which the statement was made.”.