{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-evidence-act-1968/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-evidence-act-1968/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/64",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Evidence Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-evidence-act-1968",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Hearsay evidence to be admissible only by virtue of this Act and other statutory provisions, or by agreement.",
  "text": "(1) In any civil proceedings a statement other than one made by a person while giving oral evidence in those proceedings shall be admissible as evidence of any fact stated therein to the extent that it is so admissible by virtue of any provision of this Part of this Act or by virtue of any other statutory provision or by agreement of the parties, but not otherwise.\n(2) In this section “statutory provision ” means any provision contained in, or in an instrument made under, this or any other Act, including any Act passed after this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. I (except s. 5) extended by Civil Evidence Act 1972 (c. 30), s. 1(1); amended by Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (c. 63), s. 21"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/64/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:47.452598+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}