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300

No. 2 of 1889.

CAM G V

EVIDENCE.

Proof of various matters in civil proceedings.

[cf. No. 31 of 1911, s. 37.]

Admissibility of document filed in foreign court or consulate.

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 occasion to inquire, but shall not alone be sufficient evidence to charge any person with liability;

(2) the Hong Kong 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 such documents, shall be admissible in evidence in

+ As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1937.

* For proof of the London Gazette, the Edinburgh Gazette and the Dublin Gazette, see 32 & 33 Vict. c. 37, which applies to this Colony.

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300 No. 2 of 1889. CAM G V EVIDENCE. Proof of various matters in civil proceedings. [cf. No. 31 of 1911, s. 37.] Admissibility of document filed in foreign court or consulate. 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 occasion to inquire, but shall not alone be sufficient evidence to charge any person with liability; (2) the Hong Kong 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 such documents, shall be admissible in evidence in + As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1937. * For proof of the London Gazette, the Edinburgh Gazette and the Dublin Gazette, see 32 & 33 Vict. c. 37, which applies to this Colony.

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300 No. 2 of 1889. CAM G V EVIDENCE. Proof of various matters in civil pro- ceedings. [cf. No. 31 of 1911, s. 37.] Admissibility of document filed in foreign court or consulate. 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 satis- factory to the court, shall be admissible in evidence, whenever they refer to a matter into which the court has occasion to inquire, but shall not alone be sufficient evidence to charge any person with liability; (2) the Hong Kong Government Gazette and any Govern- ment 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 com- munications 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 such documents, shall be admissible in evidence in + As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1937. * For proof of the London Gazette, the Edinburgh Gazette and the Dublin Gazette, see 32 & 33 Vict. c. 37, which applies to this Colony.

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300

No. 2 of 1889.

CAM G V

EVIDENCE.

Proof of various matters in civil pro- ceedings.

[cf. No. 31

of 1911, s. 37.]

Admissibility of document

filed in foreign

court or consulate.

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 satis- factory to the court, shall be admissible in evidence, whenever they refer to a matter into which the court has occasion to inquire, but shall not alone be sufficient evidence to charge any person with liability;

(2) the Hong Kong Government Gazette and any Govern- ment 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 com- munications of the Government appearing in any such Gazette may be proved by its production ;