PART XII

Evidence

Agreed evidence

Agreements and admissions as to evidence.
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1
In any trial it shall not be necessary for the accused or for the prosecutor—
a
to prove any fact which is admitted by the other; or
b
to prove any document, the terms and application of which are not in dispute between them,
and, without prejudice to paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to this Act, copies of any documents may, by agreement of the parties, be accepted as equivalent to the originals.
2
For the purposes of subsection (1) above, any admission or agreement shall be made by lodging with the clerk of court a minute in that behalf signed—
a
in the case of an admission, by the party making the admission or, if that party is the accused and he is legally represented, by his counsel or solicitor; and
b
in the case of an agreement, by the prosecutor and the accused or, if he is legally represented, his counsel or solicitor.
3
Where a minute has been signed and lodged as aforesaid, any facts and documents admitted or agreed thereby shall be deemed to have been duly proved.