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Evidence Act 1893 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Production and Effect of Evidence
121. Dumb witnesses
Feedback & support(1)
A witness who is unable to speak may give his or her evidence in any other manner in which he or she can make it intelligible, as, for example, by writing or by signs; but such writing must be written and the signs made in open court.
evidence
Defined · s 3
“evidence” includes —(a)all statements which the court permits or requires to be made before it by witnesses in relation to matters of fact under inquiry: such statements are called oral evidence; and(b)all documents produced for the inspection of the court: such documents are called documentary evidence;
(2)
Evidence so given is deemed to be oral evidence.