Section 132 - Reference works

(1) A published treatise, periodical or pamphlet on a subject of history, literature science or art is not made inadmissible by section 117 when offered to prove the truth of a matter stated in that document if the Court takes judicial notice, or a witness expert in the subject testifies, that the author of the statement in the writing is recognised in that field as an expert in the subject.

(2) Evidence of a hearsay statement, other than an opinion, contained in a tabulation, list, directory, register or any other published data compilation is not made inadmissible by section 117 if the compilation is generally used and relied upon as accurate in the regular course of a business as defined in section 125 (3).