<akomaNtoso xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0 http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v1.0/cos01/part2-specs/schemas/akomantoso30.xsd"><act name="apni"><meta><identification source="#"><FRBRWork><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1939/12"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1939/12"/><FRBRdate date="1939-07-04" name="enacted"/><FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/legislature/NorthernIrelandParliament"/><FRBRcountry value="GB-NIR"/><FRBRnumber value="12"/><FRBRname value="1939 c. 12 (N.I.)"/><FRBRprescriptive value="true"/></FRBRWork><FRBRExpression><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1939/12/2006-01-01"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1939/12/2006-01-01"/><FRBRdate date="2006-01-01" name="validFrom"/><FRBRauthor href="#"/><FRBRlanguage language="eng"/></FRBRExpression><FRBRManifestation><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1939/12/2006-01-01/data.akn"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1939/12/2006-01-01/data.akn"/><FRBRdate date="2026-08-13+01:00" name="transform"/><FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk"/><FRBRformat value="application/akn+xml"/></FRBRManifestation></identification><lifecycle source="#"><eventRef refersTo="#enactment" date="1939-07-04" eId="date-enacted" source="#"/><eventRef date="2006-01-01" eId="date-2006-01-01" source="#"/></lifecycle><analysis source="#"><restrictions source="#"><restriction refersTo="#extent-ni" type="jurisdiction"/><restriction refersTo="#period-from-2006-01-01" type="jurisdiction"/><restriction href="#body" refersTo="#period-from-2006-01-01" type="jurisdiction"/><restriction href="#section-7" refersTo="#period-from-2006-01-01" type="jurisdiction"/></restrictions><otherAnalysis source=""><uk:commentary href="#section-7" refersTo="#c543470"/></otherAnalysis></analysis><temporalData source="#"><temporalGroup eId="period-from-2006-01-01"><timeInterval start="#date-2006-01-01" refersTo="#"/></temporalGroup></temporalData><references source="#"><TLCEvent eId="enactment" href="" showAs="EnactmentDate"/><TLCLocation eId="extent-ni" href="/ontology/jurisdictions/uk.NorthernIreland" showAs="N.I."/></references><notes source="#"><note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c543470" marker="F1"><p>1997 NI 21</p></note></notes><proprietary xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" source="#"><dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1939/12/section/7</dc:identifier><dc:title>Evidence Act (Northern Ireland) 1939</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to amend the law of evidence.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2011-05-26</dc:modified><dct:valid>2006-01-01</dct:valid><ukm:PrimaryMetadata><ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:DocumentCategory Value="primary"/><ukm:DocumentMainType Value="NorthernIrelandParliamentAct"/><ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/></ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:Year Value="1939"/><ukm:Number Value="12"/><ukm:EnactmentDate Date="1939-07-04"/></ukm:PrimaryMetadata><ukm:Statistics><ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="6"/><ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="6"/><ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="0"/><ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/><ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/></ukm:Statistics></proprietary></meta><body eId="body"><section eId="section-7" uk:target="true"><num>7</num><heading>Savings.</heading><intro><p>Nothing in this Act shall—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>prejudice the admissibility of any evidence which would, apart from the provisions of this Act, be admissible;<noteRef href="#c543470" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>...</p><p><i>Para.  (b) rep. by 1997 <abbr class="acronym" title="Northern Ireland">NI</abbr> 21</i></p></content></level></section></body></act></akomaNtoso>