Evidence Act Amendment Act 1960 (WA)

No. 10.] Evidence. [1960.

EVIDENCE.

9° Elizabeth II., No. X.

No. 10 of 1960.

AN ACT to amend the Evidence Act, 1906-1956.

[Assented to 6th October, 1960.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title

and citation. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Evidence

Act Amendment Act, 1960.

Reprinted in

Vol. 10 of the	(2)	In this Act the Evidence Act, 1906-1956, is
Reprinted

Acts, as	referred to as the principal Act,
approved for
reprint
13th June,
1956, and

amended by	(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act
Act No. 16

of 1956. may be cited as the Evidence Act, 1906-1960.

1960]. Evidence. [No. 10.

2. Section forty-three of the principal Act is ..p.aled.

repealed.

3. Section ninety-two of the principal Act is 6.32? “maided.

amended

(a)	by substituting for the words, "criminal proceeding" in line one the words, "legal proceedings";
(b)	by inserting after the word, "given" in line nine the words, "either orally or by affidavit".

4. The principal Act is amended by adding after 2dg1

section ninety-two the following section:-

92A. The provisions of sections eighty-nine, ninety, ninety-one and ninety-two of this Act shall apply to bankers' books and banks and branches of banks in any State or Territory of the Commonwealth.