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book to be taken.
42 & 43 Vict. c. 11, ss. 7, 8.
Certain days not to be counted.
42 & 43 Vict. c. 11, s. 11. Ordinance No. 5 of 1912.
Proof of foreign or colonial act of state, judgment, etc.
c. 99, s. 7. * No. 2 of 1889.
EVIDENCE:
(2) An order under this section may be made either with or without summoning the bank or any other party, and shall be served on the bank three clear days before the same is to be obeyed, unless the court or judge otherwise directs.
(3) The costs of an application to the court or judge under or for the purposes of this section, and the costs of anything done or to be done under an order of the court or judge made under or for the purposes of this section, shall be in the discretion of the court or judge, who may order the same or any part thereof to be paid to any party by the bank, where the same have been occasioned by default or delay on the part of the bank.
(4) Any such order against a bank may be enforced as if the bank were a party to the proceeding.
22. General holidays, within the meaning of the Holidays Ordinance, 1912, shall be excluded from the computation of time under sections 20 and 21.
23. All proclamations, treaties, and other acts of state of any foreign state or of any British possession, and all judgments, decrees, orders, and other judicial proceedings of any court of justice or any consulate in any foreign state or in any British possession, and all affidavits, pleadings, and other legal documents filed or deposited in any such court or consulate may be proved in the courts of this Colony either by examined copies or by copies authenticated as hereinafter mentioned: that is to say, if the document sought to be proved is a proclamation, treaty or other act of state, the authenticated copy to be admissible in evidence must purport to be sealed with the seal of the foreign state or British possession to which the original document belongs, and if the document sought to be proved is a judgment, decree, order, or other judicial proceeding of any court of justice or any consulate in any foreign state or in any British possession, or an affidavit, pleading, or other legal document filed or deposited in any such court or consulate, the authenticated copy to be admissible in evidence must purport either to be sealed with the seal of such court or consulate, or, in the event of such court having no seal, to be signed by the judge or, if there are more judges than one, by any one of the judges of such court, and such judge shall attach to his
* As amended by Law Am. Ord., 1923.