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c. 86,
S. 22.
No. 2 of 1889.
EVIDENCE.
depending in the Supreme Court, and also acknowledgments 15 & 16 Vict. 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.
Admissibility of document having seal and signature of ambassador, British etc.
18 & 19 Vict. c. 42, s. 3.
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Definition of "consular officer".
(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.-(1) 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 such oath, affidavit, or act having been administered, sworn, had, or done by or before him under the Acts mentioned in section 19 shall be admitted in evidence without proof of any such seal and signature or of the official character of such person.
(2) In this section, "consular officer" includes every consul-general, consul, vice-consul, pro-consul, consular agent, acting consul-general, acting consul, acting vice-consul, and 52 Vict. c. 10, s. 6 (1); acting consular agent.
54 & 55 Vict. c. 50, s. 2.
Proof of various matters in civil.
26. In civil proceedings-
(1) entries in books of account kept in the course of business, with such a reasonable degree of regularity as may be satisfactory to the court, shall be admissible in evidence, whenever they refer to a matter into which the court has to inquire, but shall not alone be sufficient evidence to charge any person with liability;
(2) the Hongkong Government Gazette and any Government Gazette of any British possession may be proved by the production thereof;
*As amended by No. 23 of 1915.
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