Nigerian Evidence Act 2011

Section 15 - Matters court shall take into account under section 14.

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; and

(g) the difficulty, if any, of obtaining the evidence without impropriety or contravention of law.

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