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### 458 Evidence of witnesses
> Except as otherwise provided by any Act or these rules and subject to any order to the contrary or any agreement between the parties, evidence is to be given –
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> > > (a) orally, on the trial of an action; or
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> > > (b) orally or by affidavit on an assessment of damages or value consequent on a judgment by default; or
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> > > (c) by affidavit on the hearing of any application to the Court or to a judge in chambers.