Evidence Act 1893 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Production and Effect of Evidence
106. Burden of proving fact to be proved to make evidence admissible
Feedback & supportThe burden of proving any fact necessary to be proved in order to enable any person to give evidence of any other fact is on the person who wishes to give such evidence.Illustrations (a) A wishes to prove a dying declaration by B. A must prove B’s death. (b) A wishes to prove by secondary evidence the contents of a lost document. A must prove that the document has been lost.
fact
“fact” includes —(a)any thing, state of things, or relation of things, capable of being received by the senses; and(b)any mental condition of which any person is conscious;Illustrations(a) That there are certain objects arranged in a certain order in a certain place is a fact.(b) That a man heard or saw something is a fact.(c) That a man said certain words is a fact.(d) That a man holds a certain opinion, has a certain intention, acts in good faith or fraudulently, or uses a particular word in a particular sense, or is or was at a specified time conscious of a particular sensation, is a fact.(e) That a man has a certain reputation is a fact.