(1) Section 78(1) does not prevent the admission or use of evidence of the grant of probate, letters of administration or like order of a court to prove the due execution of the testamentary document concerned.
(2) In civil proceedings, section 78(1) does not prevent the admission or use of evidence that a party, or a person through or under whom a party claims, has been convicted of an offence, not being a conviction—
(a) in respect of which a review or appeal, however described, has been instituted but not finally determined;
(b) that has been quashed or set aside; or
(c) in respect of which a pardon has been given.
(3) The hearsay rule and the opinion rule do not prevent the admission or use of evidence referred to in subsections (1) or (2).