A.D. 1889.]
EVIDENCE.
[No. 2.
15. It shall not be necessary in any proceedings to prove by the attesting witness any instrument to the validity of which attestation is not requisite; and such instrument may be proved by admission or otherwise as if there had been no attesting witness thereto.
633
Attesting witness need not be called, except in certain cases.
17 & 18 Vict. c. 125 s. 26; 6 & 7 Vict. c. 18 s. 7.
16. Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Court to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses in any proceedings, and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and to the jury, if any, as evidence of the genuineness or otherwise of the writing in dispute.
Comparison of disputed writing with genuine writing.
Ib. s. 27; 28 & 29 Vict. c. 18 s. 8.
PART II.
ADMISSIBLE DOCUMENTS.
14 & 15 Vict. c. 99 s. 14.
17. Whenever any book or other document is of such a public nature as to be admissible in evidence on its mere production from the proper custody, and no statute or Ordinance in force in the Colony exists which renders its contents provable by means of a copy, any copy thereof or extract therefrom shall be admissible in evidence in the Court, provided it is proved to be an examined copy or extract or provided it purports to be signed and certified as a true copy or extract by the officer to whose custody the original is entrusted, and which officer is hereby required to furnish such certified copy or extract to any person applying at a reasonable time for the same, on payment of a reasonable sum for the same, not exceeding twenty-five cents for every folio of ninety words.
Copy of document of public nature.
18. Whenever, by any statute or Ordinance now or hereafter to be in force in the Colony, any certificate, official or public document, or proceeding of any corporation or joint stock or other company, or any certified copy of any document, by-law, entry in any register or other book, or of any other proceeding is receivable in evidence of any particular in the Court or before the Legislative Council of the Colony or any Committee thereof, the same shall respectively be admitted in evidence, provided they respectively purport to be sealed or impressed with a stamp, or sealed and signed, or signed alone, as required, or impressed with a stamp and signed, as directed by the respective statutes or Ordinances made or hereafter to be made, 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.
Official document.
5 & 6 Vict. c. 113 s. 1.
19. All affidavits, affirmations, and notarial acts taken and made under the Act 6 George 4 Chapter 87, entitled “An Act to regulate the Payment ...
A.D. 1889.]
EVIDENCE.
[No. 2.
15. It shall not be necessary in any proceedings to prove by the at- testing witness any instrument to the validity of which attestation is not requisite; and such instrument may be proved by admission or otherwise as if there had been 'no attesting witness thereto.
633
Attesting not be called, except in
witness needl
certain cases. 17 & 18 Tiet, c. 125 s. 26;
c. 18 s. 7.
16. Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the 28 & 29 Fict. satisfaction of the Court to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses in any proceedings, and such writings, and the evidence of Comparison witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and to the jury, if any, as evidence of the genuineness or otherwise of the writing writing. in dispute.
of disputed with genuine
Ib. s. 27 s. 8.
PART II.
ADMISSIBLE DOCUMENTS.
document of
14 & 15 Fict.
c. 99 s. 14.
17. Whenever any book or other document is of such a public nature Copy of as to be admissible in evidence on its mere production from the proper public nature. custody, and no statute or Ordinance in force in the Colony exists which renders its contents provable by means of a copy, any copy thereof or extract therefrom shall be admissible in evidence in the Court, provided it is proved to be an examined copy or extract or provided it purports to be signed and certified as a true copy or extract by the officer to whose custody the original is entrusted, and which officer is hereby required to furnish such certified copy or extract to any person applying at a reason- able time for the same, on payment of a reasonable sum for the same, not exceeding twenty-five cents for every folio of ninety words.
Official docu-
ment.
& Vict.
18. Whenever, by any statute or Ordinance now or hereafter to be in force in the Colony, any certificate, official or public document, or pro- ceeding of any corporation or joint stock or other company, or any cer- c. 113 s. 1. tified copy of any document, by-law, entry in any register or other book. or of any other proceeding is receiveable in evidence of any particular in the Court or before the Legislative Council of the Colony or any Committee thereof, the same shall respectively be admitted in evidence, provided they respectively purport to be sealed or impressed with a stamp, or sealed and signed, or signed alone, as required, or impressed with a stamp and signed, as directed by the respective statutes or Ordinances made or hereafter to be made, 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.
19. All affidavits, affirmations, and notarial acts taken and made under Use of the Act 6 George 4 Chapter 87, entitled “An Act to regulate the Payment affidavit, etc.,
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