(2) The conduct of any party, or of any agent to any party, to any suit or proceeding,
in reference to such suit or proceeding, or in reference to any fact in issue therein or
relevant thereto, and the conduct of any person an offence against whom is the subject
of any proceeding, is relevant, if such conduct influences or is influenced by any fact in
issue or relevant fact, and whether it was previous or subsequent thereto.
Explanation 1.__The word "conduct" in this clause does not include statements,
unless those statements accompany and explain acts other than statements but this
explanation is not to affect the relevancy of statements under any other Article of this
Order.
Explanation 2.__When the conduct of any person is relevant, any statement made to
him or in his presence and hearing, which affects such conduct, is relevant.
Illustrations
(a) A is tried for the murder of B.
The facts that A murdered C, that B knew that A had murdered C, and that B
had tried to extort money from A by threatening to make his knowledge
public, are relevant.
(b) A sues B upon a bond for the payment of money, B denies the making of the
bond.
The fact that, at the time when the bond was alleged to be made, B required
money for a particular purpose, is relevant.
(c) A is tried for the murder of B by poison the fact that, before the death of B, A
procured poison similar to that which was administered to B, is relevant.
(d) The question is whether a certain document is the will��of A.
The facts that, not long before the date of the alleged will A made inquiry into
matters to which the provisions of the alleged will relate, that he consulted
advocates in reference to making the will, and that he caused drafts of other
wills to be prepared of which he did not approve, are relevant.
(e) A is accused of a crime.
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