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Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Rules 1998
67Limitation of certain documents in evidence
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### 67 Limitation of certain documents in evidence
> > (1) Any plan, model, film, audio tape, disc, sound-track or other device in which sounds, data or visual images are embodied is not receivable in evidence at the trial of an action unless –
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> > > > (a) the parties agree to its admission into evidence without further proof after having been given an opportunity to inspect it –
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> > > > > > (i) before the trial, at a time fixed by the Court; or
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> > > > > > (ii) if no time is fixed by the Court, within a reasonable period before the trial begins; or
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> > > > (b) the Court, at or before the trial, otherwise orders.
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> > (2) A party may make an application for an order in the absence of any other party if the application is made before the trial.
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> > (3) The Court is to determine any application for an order, whether made at or before the trial, on any materials and in any manner the Court thinks fit.
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> > (4) The Court may give directions on any application for an order, including directions that notice of the application be given to another party.
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> > (5) In this rule,
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> > > ***inspect*** includes the following, with or without the aid of equipment:
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> > > > > (a) view data or visual images embodied in any device;
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> > > > > (b) listen to sounds embodied in any device;
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> > > > > (c) reproduce sounds, data or visual images embodied in any device.