Section 15 Nigerian Evidence Act 2011
Section 15 Evidence Act 2011
Section 15 Evidence Act 2011 is titled ‘Matters court to take into account under section 14.‘. It is under Part III (RELEVANE: AND ADMISSlBlLITY OF CERTAIN EVIDENCE) of the Act. It states as follows:
For the purposes of section 14, the matters that the court shall take into account include –
a. the probative value of the evidence;
b. the importance of the evidence in the proceeding;
c. the nature of the relevant offence, cause of action or defence and the nature of the subject – matter of the proceeding;
d. the gravity of the impropriety or contravention;
e. whether the impropriety or contravention was deliberate or reckless;
f. whether any other proceeding (whether or not in a court) has been or is likely to be taken in relation to the impropriety or contravention;
g. the difficulty, if any, of obtaining the evidence without impropriety or contravention of law.