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Cyprus and protectorates.
Swearing of answer, etc., in Supreme Court in England, etc.
[15 & 16 Vict. c. 86 s. 22.]
*
Admissibility of document having seal and signature of British ambassador, etc.
19 Vict. c. 3.]
No. 2 of 1889.
EVIDENCE.
(2) If any person prints any copy or pretended copy of any such Act, ordinance, statute, order, regulation, or instrument which falsely purports to have been printed by the Government printer, or tenders in evidence any such copy or pretended copy which falsely purports to have been so printed knowing that it was not so printed, he shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 12 months.
(3) In this section-
"Government printer" means, as respects any British possession, the printer purporting to be the printer authorised to print the Acts, ordinances, or statutes of the Legislature of that possession, or otherwise to be the Government printer of that possession.
(4) The Governor-in-Council may by order extend this section to Cyprus and to any British protectorate, and when so extended this section shall apply as if Cyprus or the protectorate were a British possession, and with such other necessary adaptations as may be made by the order.
24. (1) All answers to interrogatories, disclaimers, examinations, affidavits, and attestations of honour, and all other documents required to be sworn in causes or matters depending in the Supreme Court, and also acknowledgments required for the purpose of enrolling any deed in the said Court, shall and may be sworn, and taken in England, Scotland, or Ireland, or the Channel Islands, or in any other colony or place under the dominion of His Majesty before any Court, Judge, notary public, or person lawfully authorised to administer oaths in such country, colony, or place respectively, or before any of His Majesty's consular officers in any place out of His Majesty's Dominions.
(2) The Judges and officers of the Supreme Court shall take judicial notice of the seal or signature, as the case may be, of any such Court, Judge, notary public, person, or consular officer attached, appended, or subscribed to any such document as aforesaid.
25. Any document purporting to have affixed, impressed, or subscribed thereon or thereto the seal and signature of any British ambassador, envoy, minister, chargé d'affaires, secretary of embassy or of legation, or consular officer in testimony of any
* As amended by No. 51 of 1911, No. 62 of 1911 and No. 63 of 1911. As amended by No. 9 of 1908, No. 62 of 1911 and No. 63 of 1911.