Preliminary
Relevancy of facts
Admissions and confessions
Statements made under special circumstances
How much of a statement is to be proved
Judgments of courts of justice when relevant
Opinions of third persons when relevant
Character when relevant
Facts which need not be proved
Oral evidence
Documentary evidence
Public documents
Presumptions as to documents
Exclusion of oral by documentary evidence
Burden of proof
Estoppel
Witnesses
Examination of witnesses
Improper admission and rejection of evidence
| Relevance of convictions and acquittals |
| Relevance of convictions and acquittals |
| 45A.—(1) Without prejudice to sections 42, 43, 44 and 45, the fact that a person has been convicted or acquitted of an offence by or before any court in Singapore shall be admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving, where relevant to any issue in the proceedings, that he committed (or, as the case may be, did not commit) that offence, whether or not he is a party to the proceedings; and where he was convicted, whether he was so convicted upon a plea of guilty or otherwise. [8/96]
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