(a)any map, plan, graph or drawing;
Section history
Section 269 — Opinion of expert in criminal proceedings
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 269 — Original text to 1 August 2012superseded
(1)In this section and in sections 270 to 277 —
“document” includes, in addition to a document in writing —
(b)any photograph;
(c)any disc, tape, sound-track, or other device in which sounds or other data (not being visual images) are embodied so as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment) of being reproduced from it; and
(d)any film, negative, tape or other device in which one or more visual images are embodied so that they can be likewise reproduced from it;
“film” includes a microfilm.
(2)In this section and in sections 270 to 277, a reference to a copy of a document includes —
(a)in the case of a document falling within paragraph (c) but not paragraph (d) of the definition of “document”, a transcript of the sounds or other data embodied in it;
(b)in the case of a document falling within paragraph (d) but not paragraph (c) of that definition, a reproduction or still reproduction of the image or images embodied in it, whether enlarged or not;
(c)in the case of a document falling within paragraphs (c) and (d) of that definition, such a transcript together with such a still reproduction; and
(d)in the case of a document not falling within paragraph (d) of that definition of which a visual image is embodied in a document falling within that paragraph, a reproduction of that image, whether enlarged or not,
and any reference to a copy of the material part of a document must be construed accordingly.
(3)For the purposes of this section and of sections 270 to 277, a protest, greeting or other verbal utterance may be treated as stating any fact that the utterance implies.
Section 269 — 1 August 2012 to 31 December 2025repealed by Evidence (Amendment) Act 2012
[Repealed by Act 4 of 2012 wef 01/08/2012]
Section 269 — From 31 December 2025 (current)rewritten by Criminal Justice Reform Act 2018, Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Act 2019, Criminal Procedure (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2024
(1)In any criminal proceedings, an opinion of an expert on a point of scientific, technical or other specialised knowledge is admissible as evidence to the extent that it is so admissible by this Code, the Evidence Act 1893, the Criminal Procedure Rules or any other written law.
(2)The Criminal Procedure Rules may prescribe —
(a)the duties of an expert;
(b)how an opinion of an expert on a point of scientific, technical or other specialised knowledge is to be adduced in evidence; and
(c)the requirements for any such opinion to be used in evidence.