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Evidence Act 2001
70Exception: contents of tags, labels and writing
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### 70 Exception: contents of tags, labels and writing
> The hearsay rule does not apply to a tag or label attached to, or writing placed on, an object, including a document, if the tag or label or writing may reasonably be supposed to have been attached or placed –
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> > > (a) in the course of a business; and
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> > > (b) for the purpose of describing or stating the identity, nature, ownership, destination, origin or weight of the object, or of any of the contents of the object.