Evidence (Bankers’ Books) Act (Chapter 7)
Uganda
Evidence (Bankers’ Books) Act
Chapter 7
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Commenced on 7 October 1930
- [This is the version of this document at 31 December 2000 and includes any amendments published up to 30 September 2020.]
- [Note: The version of the Act as at 31 December 2000 was revised and consolidated by the Law Reform Commission of Uganda. All subsequent amendments have been researched and applied by Laws.Africa for ULII.]
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—(a)“bank” or “banker” means any person carrying on the business of banking in Uganda (including the PostBank Uganda Limited established under the Uganda Communications Act, and any branch of that bank), and, for the purpose of sections 2, 3 and 4, includes any person carrying on the business of banking in Kenya or Tanzania; the fact that any such bank is a PostBank Uganda Limited bank may be proved by a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the managing director or an assistant managing director;(b)“bankers’ books” includes ledgers, day books, cash books, account books and all other books used in the ordinary business of the bank;(c)“legal proceeding” means any civil or criminal proceeding or inquiry (including an arbitration) in which evidence is or may be given, in Uganda, and, for the purposes of section 6, includes any such proceeding or inquiry in Kenya or Tanzania. Subject to this Act, a copy of any entry in a banker’s book shall in all legal proceedings be received as prima facie evidence of that entry, and of the matters, transactions and accounts in recorded in it. A banker or officer of a bank shall not, in any legal proceeding to which the bank is not a party, be compellable to produce any banker’s book the contents of which can be proved under this Act, or to appear as a witness to prove the matters, transactions and accounts recorded in a banker’s book, unless by order of a court made for special cause. Sunday and any day declared to be a public holiday under the Public Holidays Act shall be excluded from the computation of time under this Act.1. Interpretation
2. Mode of proof of entries in bankers’ books
3. Proof that a book is a banker’s book
4. Verification of copy
5. Case in which banker, etc. not compellable to produce book, etc.
6. Court or judge may order inspection, etc.
7. Costs
8. Computation of time