Section 8 of the Evidence Act 2011 – What it Says and All You Need to Know.
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Section 8 of the Evidence Act 2011 Provides as Follows:
(1) Where there is reasonable ground to believe that two or more persons have conspired together to commit an offence or an actionable wrong, anything said, done or written by anyone of such persons in execution or furtherance of their common intention, after the time when such intention was first entertained by one of them, is a relevant fact as against each of the persons believed to be so conspiring, for the purpose of proving the existence of the conspiracy as well as for the purpose of showing that any such person was a party to it.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (I) of this section, statements made by individual conspirators as to measures taken in the execution or furtherance of such common intention are not deemed to be relevant as such as against any conspirator, except those by whom or in whose presence such statements are made.
(3) Evidence of acts or statements deemed to be relevant under this section may not be given until the court is satisfied that, apart from them, there are prima facie grounds for believing the existence of the conspiracy to which they relate.
Other Relevant Sections:
- Section 1 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 2 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 3 of the Evidence Act 2011