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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 7, 1941.
7 Edw. e. 25.
Proof in criminal proceedings
of docu- ments intercepted in post.
8 Edw. 7, c. 48.
Powers of
attorney
required to be stated therein by an order under this section, shall be admitted in evidence without proof of the signature being the signature of that person or of the facts so stated.
(5) As from the date on which an order made under subsection (1) of this section comes into force, the Commis- sioners for Oaths (Prize Proceedings) Act, 1907, shall be repealed.
2.--(1) In any criminal proceedings instituted, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, during the war period--
(a) a certificate certifying that any document or docu- ments annexed to, or otherwise identified by, the certificate constituted or formed part of a postal packet which was examined by an authorised examiner on a date specified therein; or
(b) a certificate certifying that any photographic copy or copies so annexed or identified is or are a true copy or true copies, made by an authorised photographer, of any document or documents which constituted or formed part of such a postal packet as aforesaid,
shall, if purporting to be signed by a person being a com- petent officer, be admissible as evidence of the matters so certified, without proof of the signature being the signature of that person or of his official capacity.
(2) In this section--
(a) the expression "authorised examiner" means a person authorised by or on behalf of His Majesty to examine (whether within or without the United Kingdom) postal packets which have been despatched by post;
(b) the expression "authorised photographer" means a person authorised as aforesaid to photograph (whether within or without the United Kingdom) such postal packets as aforesaid;
(c) the expression "competent officer" means a person holding any such appointment or office (whether within or without the United Kingdom) concerned with the examination of postal packets as may be specified in an Order of His Majesty in Council;
(d) the expression "document" includes an envelope or other outer covering of a postal packet;
(e) the expression "postal packet" has the same meaning as in the Post Office Act, 1908, but does not include a telegram while in the course of transmission by telegraph.
(3) His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that the foregoing provisions of this section shall extend, with such exceptions, adaptations and modifications, if any, as may be specified in the Order, to the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, any colony, any British protectorate, or any territory in respect of which a mandate on behalf of the League of Nations has been accepted by His Majesty and is being exercised by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom.
3.-(1) No instrument creating a power of attorney, executed by being an instrument to which this section applies, shall be of any effect unless it is attested by at least one witness and unless and until the instrument either—
certain persons.
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