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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.
26. In civil proceedings-
Proof of various matters 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;
(3) all proclamations, acts of state, whether legislative or executive, nominations, appointments, and other official communications of the Government appearing in any such Gazette may be proved by its production;
(4) the Court may, on matters of public history, literature, science, or art, refer, for the purposes of evidence, to such published books, maps, or charts as the Court may consider to be of authority on the subject to which they relate;
(5) (a) books printed or published under the authority of the Government of a foreign country, and purporting to contain the statutes, code, or other written law of such country, and also printed and published books of reports of decisions of the Courts of such country, and books proved to be commonly admitted in such Courts as evidence of the law of such country, shall be admissible as evidence of the law of such foreign country; and
(b) maps made under the authority of any Government or of any public municipal body, and not made for the purpose of any litigated question,
shall prima facie be deemed to be correct, and shall be admitted in evidence without further proof.
27. All documents whatsoever legally and properly filed or recorded in any foreign Court of Justice or consulate according to the law and practice of such Court or consulate, and all copies of
Admissibility of documents filed in foreign Court or consulate.
* As amended by No. 62 of 1911, No. 63 of 1911 and No. 8 of 1912.
† As amended by No. 68 of 1911.
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EVIDENCE.
No. 2 of 1889.
451
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.
26. In civil proceedings-
Proof of various
(1) entries in books of account kept in the course of business, matters in with such a reasonable degree of regularity as may be satisfactory ings.
civil proceed. 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;
(3) all proclamations, acts of state, whether legislative or ex- ecutive, nominations, appointments, and other official communi- cations of the Government appearing in any such Gazette may be proved by its production ;
(4) the Court may, on matters of public history, literature, science, or art, refer, for the purposes of evidence, to such. published books, maps, or charts as the Court may consider to be of authority on the subject to which they relate ;
(5) (a) books printed or published under the authority of the Government of a foreign country, and purporting to contain the statutes, code, or other written law of such country, and also printed and published books of reports of decisions of the Courts of such country, and books proved to be commonly admitted in such Courts as evidence of the law of such country, shall be admis- sible as evidence of the law of such foreign country; and
(b) maps made under the authority of any Government or of any public municipal body, and not made for the purpose of any litigated question,
shall prima facie be deemed to be correct, and shall be admitted in evidence without further proof.
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27. All documents whatsoever legally and properly filed or re- Admissibili. corded in any foreign Court of Justice or consulate according to ment filed in the law and practice of such Court or consulate, and all copies of foreign Court
* As amended by No. 62 of 1911, No. 63 of 1911 and No. 8 of 1912.
As amended by No. 68 of 1011.
or consulate.
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