EVIDENCE ACT (AS AMENDED BY THE EVIDENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023)

Section 70: Opinion as to customary law and custom.

2023Section 70 of 263Federal Republic of Nigeria

In deciding questions of customary law and custom, the opinions of traditional rulers, chiefs or other persons having special knowledge of the customary law and custom and any book or manuscript recognised as legal authority by people indigenous to the locality in which such law or custom applies, are admissible.

Cite this section

Section 70, EVIDENCE ACT (AS AMENDED BY THE EVIDENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023) (2023).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/evidence-act-as-amended-by-the-evidence-amendment-act-2023/section/70/