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• Evidence 
• Preliminary
  • Citation
  • Interpretation
• PART I Application
  • 10 Courts and proceedings to which Act applies
  • 11 Parliamentary privilege
  • 12 General powers of the court
• PART II Witnesses
  • Division 1 Competence and Compellability of witness
  • Division 2 Sworn and Unsworn Evidence
  • Division 3 Manner of giving evidence
  • Examination-in-chief and re-examination
  • Cross-examination
• PART III Admission of Evidence: Relevance Rule
  • 44 Relevant evidence
  • 45 Relevant evidence to be admissible
  • 46 Provisional relevance
  • 47 Inferences as to relevance
• PART IV Admission and Use of Evidence: Exclusionary Rules
  • Division 1 Hearsay Evidence
  • Records, Expert Reports, Labels and Telecommunications
  • Division 2 Opinion Evidence
  • Division 3 Admissions or Confessions
  • Division 4 Evidence of Judgments and Convictions
  • Division 5 Evidence of Conduct and Character relevant to issues
  • Division 6 Credibility
  • Division 7 Identification Evidence
  • Division 8 Privileges
  • Evidence excluded in the public interest
  • General
  • Division 9 Discretion to exclude evidence
• PART V Other Aspects of Proof
  • Division 1 Judicial Notice
  • Division 2 Documents
  • Division 3 Facilitation of proof
  • Division 3A Retention of evidence in criminal proceedings
  • Division 4 Standard of proof
  • Division 5 Corroboration
  • Division 6 Warnings
• PART VI Miscellaneous
  • 138 Inferences
  • 139 Proof of certain matters by affidavit, etc.
  • 140 Request to produce documents or call witnesses
  • 141 Views, etc.
  • 142 Views, etc., to be evidence
  • 143 The voir dire
  • 144 Waiver of rules of evidence
  • 145 Leave, etc., may be given on terms
  • 146 Additional powers
  • 147 Certifying false copies or extracts
  • 148 Judges and Commissioners of Probates to take acknowledgements and probates
  • 149 Proof of exemplifications of wills, etc. from outside Barbados
  • 150 Manner of execution and proof of certain documents
  • 151 Section 152 not to limit admissibility of deeds, etc.
  • 152 Comparison of a disputed writing with a genuine writing to be permitted in any trial
  • 153 Admissibility of medical certificates and reports
  • 154 Proof of written statement
  • 155 Statement of wages in evidence
  • 156 False written statements tendered in evidenced
  • 157 Interpretation
  • 158 Notice of alibi
  • 159 Examination of witnesses upon interrogatories or otherwise
  • 160 Attendance of witnesses and production of documents
  • 161 Prisoners may be taken for examination by writ of habeas corpus
  • 162 Special reports by persons taking examination
  • 163 Costs
  • 164 Admissibility of examinations at trial
  • 165 In actions for debt account or lands in Barbados, matters may be proved by declaration in any part of Commonwealth
  • 166 Debts to Crown may be proved in the same manner
  • 167 Judges, etc. empowered to administer oath or affirmation
  • 168 Act binds Crown
  • 169 Regulations
  • 170 Codes of practice
  • 171 Repeal. Ch. 6, W.I.F.
  • 172 Transitional