Section 149 of the Evidence Act 2011 – What it Says and All You Need to Know.
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Section 149 of the Evidence Act 2011 Provides as Follows:
When any document is produced before any court, purporting to be a document which by the law in force for the time being in any country other than Nigeria would be admissible in proof of any particular in any court of justice in that country, without proof of the seal or stamp or signature authenticating it, or of the judicial or official character claimed by the person by whom it purports to be signed, the court shall presume that –
(a) such seal, stamp or signature, is genuine; and
(b) the person signing it held, at the time when he signed it, the judicial or official character which he claims, and the document shall be admissible for the same purpose for which it would be admissible in the country where the document is produced.
Other Relevant Sections:
- Section 150 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 151 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 152 of the Evidence Act 2011