Section 63 of the Evidence Act 2011 – What it Says and All You Need to Know.
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Section 63 of the Evidence Act 2011 Provides as Follows:
(1) Notwithstanding section 62, in any civil proceeding the fact that a person has been convicted of any offence by a court of competent jurisdiction shall be admissible for the purpose of proving, where to do so is relevant to any issue in those proceeding that he committed that offence, but no conviction that has been quashed on appeal by a court of competent jurisdiction or in respect of which an appeal is pending shall be admissible in evidence by virtue of this section.
(2) If in any civil proceeding it is proved in accordance with subsection (1) of this section that any person has been convicted of an offence by a court of competent jurisdiction-
(a) that person shall be presumed to have committed the offence unless he proves to the contrary; and
(b) without prejudice to the admission of any other evidence for the purpose of determining the facts upon which the conviction is based, the contents of any information, complaint or, charge sheet, according to which that person has been convicted shall also be admissible in evidence for this purpose.
Other Relevant Sections:
- Section 64 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 65 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 66 of the Evidence Act 2011