ABSTRACT
Sections 2-4 provide safeguards in relation to hearsay evidence. There is a general duty on parties under s 2(1) to give warning of the intention to adduce hearsay evidence. But by s 2(4) failure to comply with this duty is not to affect the admissibility of the evidence. Section 3 provides a power to call for crossexamination a person whose statement has been tendered as hearsay evidence. Statutory guidelines for weighing hearsay evidence are provided in s 4.
