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Affidavit is not treated as "evidence" within the meaning of Section 3 of the Evidence Act. [4] However, it was held by the Supreme Court that an affidavit can be used as evidence only if the court so orders for sufficient reasons, namely, the right of the opposite party to have the deponent produced for cross-examination. [ 5 ]
Evidence governs the use of testimony (e.g., oral or written statements, such as an affidavit), exhibits (e.g., physical objects), documentary material, or demonstrative evidence, which are admissible (i.e., allowed to be considered by the trier of fact, such as jury) in a judicial or administrative proceeding (e.g., a court of law).
A sworn declaration used in place of an affidavit must be specifically authorized by statute. The federal courts and a few states have general statutes allowing a sworn declaration in any matter where an affidavit can be used. [2] [3] In other cases, sworn statements are allowed for some purposes, but not others. [4]
The Justice Department on Friday unsealed a redacted version of the affidavit used to secure the warrant for the FBI to search former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
Statutory declarations are commonly used to allow a person to declare something to be true for the purposes of satisfying some legal requirement or regulation when no other evidence is available. They are thus similar to affidavits, which, however, are made on oath. Depending on jurisdiction, statutory declarations can be used for:
They then went into the apartment, the affidavit said. Later on, between 1:00 a.m. and 1:30 a.m., the neighbor heard a female scream “Get off of me,” the affidavit read.