BSA Section 29 — Relevancy of entry in public record or an electronic record made in performance of duty

Summary

An entry made in any public or official book, register, or record, or in an electronic record, is itself a relevant fact if it states a fact that is in issue or a relevant fact. This applies when the entry was made by a public servant while carrying out their official duty, or by any other person while performing a duty specifically required by the law of the country where that book, register, record, or electronic record is kept.

Official Text

An entry in any public or other official book, register or record or an electronic record, stating a fact in issue or relevant fact, and made by a public servant in the discharge of his official duty, or by any other person in performance of a duty specially enjoined by the law of the country in which such book, register or record or an electronic record, is kept, is itself a relevant fact.

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• IEA §35 — Relevancy of entry in public record or an electronic record made in performance of duty