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

Summary

An entry in a public or official book, register, record, or electronic record can be used as evidence if it states a fact that is important to the case. This applies when the entry was made by a government employee as part of their official duties, or by any other person who was legally required to make that entry under the law of the country where the record is kept. The entry itself is considered a relevant fact.

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.

Old <-> New Code Mapping

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