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required, or impressed with a stamp and signed, as directed by the enactment, without any proof of the seal or stamp, where a seal or stamp is necessary, or of the signature or of the official character of the person appearing to have signed the same, and without any further proof thereof, in every case in which the original record could have been received in evidence.
of notarial acts 'done
19. Every oath, affidavit, and notarial act, administered, Admissibility sworn, or done, under or in accordance with the provisions of section 6 of the Commissioners for Oaths Act, 1889, as amended by section 2 of the Commissioners for Oaths Act, 1891, shall be as effectual as if duly administered, sworn, or done by or before any lawful authority in the Colony.
52 Vict. c. 10, s. 6 (1); 54 & 55 Vict. c. 50, s. 2.
book.
20. Subject to the provisions of this section, a copy of an Copy of entry entry in a banker's book shall in all proceedings be received in banker's as prima facie evidence of such entry and of the matters, transactions, and accounts therein recorded:
(1) Provided that such book was, at the time of making the entry, one of the ordinary books of the bank, and the entry was made in the usual and ordinary course of business, and the book is in the custody or control of the bank; such proof may be given by a partner or officer of the bank orally or by an affidavit sworn before any person authorised to take affidavits;
(2) Provided, also, that it is proved, orally or by affidavit sworn as aforesaid, by some person who has examined the copy with the original entry, that the copy has been examined with the original entry and is correct; and
(3) Provided, further, that a banker or officer of a bank shall not, in any proceedings to which the bank is not party, be compelled to produce any banker's book the contents of which can be proved under this Ordinance, or to appear as a witness to prove the matters, transactions, or accounts therein recorded, except by order of a judge made for special cause.
21.--(1) On the application of any party to any proceedings, Court-or the court or judge may order that such party be at liberty, direct copies to inspect and take copies of any entries in a banker's book for any of the purposes of such proceedings.
*As amended by No. 23 of 1915.