Section 151 Nigerian Evidence Act 2011
Section 151 Evidence Act 2011
Section 151 Evidence Act 2011 is titled ‘Presumption as to public maps and charts‘. It is under Part X (PRESUMPTIONS AND ESTOPPEL) of the Act. It states as follows:
(1) All maps or charts made under the authority of any Government, or of any public municipal body, and not made for the purpose of any proceedings, shall be presumed to be correct, and shall be admitted in evidence without further proof.
(2) Where maps or charts so made are reproduced by printing, lithography, or other mechanical or electronic process, all such reproductions purporting to be reproduced under the authority which made the originals shall be admissible in evidence without further proof.