# The Immigration and Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules 2003, Article 48: Evidence


(1) An adjudicator or the Tribunal may allow oral, documentary or other evidence to be given of any fact which appears to be relevant to an appeal or an application for bail, even if that evidence would be inadmissible in a court of law.
(2) An adjudicator or the Tribunal may not compel a party or witness to give any evidence or produce any document which he could not be compelled to give or produce at the trial of a civil claim in the part of the United Kingdom in which the hearing is taking place.
(3) An adjudicator or the Tribunal may require the oral evidence of a witness to be given on oath or affirmation.
(4) In an appeal to which section 85(5) or section 102(3) of the 2002 Act applies, an adjudicator or the Tribunal must only consider evidence relating to matters which he or it is not prevented by those sections from considering.
(5) An adjudicator or the Tribunal must not consider any evidence which is not filed or served in accordance with time limits set out in these Rules or directions given under rule 38, unless satisfied that there are good reasons to do so.
(6) Subject to section 108 of the 2002 Act, an adjudicator or the Tribunal must not take account of any evidence that has not been made available to all the parties.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/652/article/48 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-2003/article-48
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