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45 of 1988
The Law of Evidence Amendment Act 45 of 1988 intends:
- to amend the law of evidence so as to provide for the taking of judicial notice of the law of a foreign state and of indigenous law; and
- to lay down general requirements for the admissibility of hearsay evidence;
- to amend the Civil Proceedings Evidence Act, 1965, so as to regulate further at civil proceedings communications between spouses made during the marriage;
- to amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to make the husband or the wife of an accused a competent but not compellable witness at criminal proceedings; and
- to regulate further at criminal proceedings communications between spouses made during the marriage; and
- to provide for matters incidental thereto.
Commencement
3 October 1988 (Gazette 11519 of 30 September 1988)
Amendments
The Southern African Legal Information Institute provides a complete amended Act at https://www.saflii.org/za/legis/consol_act/loeaa1988212/ [Updated to 12 March 1997]
