Section 87 Nigerian Evidence Act 2011
Section 87 Evidence Act 2011
Section 87 Evidence Act 2011 is titled ‘Secondary evidence‘. It is under Part V (DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE) of the Act. It states as follows:
Secondary evidence includes –
(a) certified copies given under the provisions hereafter contained in this Act;
(b) copies made from the original by mechanical or electronic processes which in themselves ensure the accuracy of the copy, and copies compared with such copies;
(c) copies made from or compared with the original;
(d) counterparts of documents as against the parties who did not execute them;
(e) Oral accounts of the contents of a document given by some person who has himself seen it.