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No. 2 of 1889.
EVIDENCE.
Attesting witness need not be called.
of the person, be sufficient evidence of such conviction or acquittal, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the same.
15. It shall not be necessary in any proceedings to prove by the attesting witness any instrument to the validity of 17 & 18 Vict. which attestation is not requisite; and such instrument may be proved by admission or otherwise as if there had been no attesting witness thereto.
17 & 18 Vict. c. 125, s. 26; 28 & 29 Vict. c. 18, s. 7.
Comparison of disputed with genuine writing.
17 & 18 Vict. c. 125, s. 27.
Copy of document of public nature.
14 & 15 Vict. c. 99, s. 14.
Official documents.
8 & 9 Vict. c. 113, s. 1.
16. Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the court to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses in any proceedings, and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the court and to the jury, if any, as evidence of the genuineness or otherwise of the writing in dispute.
PART II.
ADMISSIBLE DOCUMENTS.
17. Whenever any book or other document is of such a public nature as to be admissible in evidence on its mere production from the proper custody, and no enactment exists which renders its contents provable by means of a copy, any copy thereof or extract therefrom shall be admissible in evidence in the court, provided it is proved to be an examined copy or extract or provided it purports to be signed and certified as a true copy or extract by the officer to whose custody the original is entrusted, and which officer is hereby required to furnish such certified copy or extract to any person applying at a reasonable time for the same, on payment of a reasonable sum for the same, not exceeding twenty-five cents for every folio of ninety words.
18. Whenever, by any enactment, any certificate, official or public document, or proceeding of any corporation or joint stock or other company, or any certified copy of any document, by-law, entry in any register or other book, or of any other proceeding is receivable in evidence of any particular in the court or before the Legislative Council or any committee thereof, the same shall respectively be admitted in evidence; provided they respectively purport to be sealed or impressed with a stamp, or sealed and signed, or signed alone, as required by the enactment.
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19. ...
20. entry as prima facie evidence of transaction.
(1) the entry and the transaction shall be proved by proof of the handwriting of the person making the entry, or by affidavit.
(2) sworn copy of the entry shall be admitted in evidence with the...
(3) shall be considered as evidence which is recorded by witnesses.
21. the court may receive evidence for a...
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