Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The note indicates that section 3 of the Bankers' Books Evidence Acts provides that "a copy of any entry in a banker's book shall in all legal proceedings be received as prima facie evidence of such entry, and of the matters, transactions, and accounts therein recorded". Section 4 of the Bankers' Books Evidence Acts provides for the admissibility of bankers' books evidence, as an exception to the hearsay rule. Section 4 requires that the evidence was created by the bank in the ordinary course of business, is still in the custody of the bank and that the evidence be given by an officer of the bank. The Attorney General's office has advised on the inclusion of this amendment as an avoidance of doubt provision. That is the reason for it. It does not relate to any specific issue.

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