Section 123 Nigerian Evidence Act 2011
Section 123 Evidence Act 2011
Section 123 Evidence Act 2011 is titled ‘Facts admitted need to be proved‘. It is under Part VI (PROOF) of the Act. It states as follows:
No fact need be proved in any civil proceedings which the parties to the proceedings or their agents agree to admit at the hearing, or which, before the hearing, they agree to admit by any writing under their hands, or which by any rule or pleading in force at the time they are deemed to have admitted by their pleadings:
Provided that the court may, in its discretion, require the facts admitted to be proved otherwise than by such admissions.