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copy or pretended copy which falsely purports to have been so printed knowing that it was not so printed, shall be liable to imprisonment for twelve months.
(3) In this section, "Government printer" means, as respects any British possession, the printer purporting to be the printer authorized to print the Acts, Ordinances, or statutes of the legislature thereof, or otherwise to be the Government printer of that possession.
(4) The Governor in Council may by order extend this section to any British protectorate, and when so extended this section shall apply as if the protectorate were a British possession, and with such other necessary adaptations as may be made by the order.
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27. (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 authorized 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.
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28. (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 21 shall be admitted in evidence without proof of any such seal and signature or of the official character of such person.
18 & 19 Vict. c. 42, s. 3.
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