CAP. 8]
Evidence.
Is. 19 cont.] 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 fifty cents for every folio of seventy-two words.
[17
9 of 1950, Schedule.
Official documents. 8 & 9 Vict. c. 113, s. 1.
Admissibility of notarial acts done before British diplomatic
and consular officers
52 & 53 Vict.
20. Whenever, by any enactment, 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 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 enactment, 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.
[18
21. Every oath, affidavit, and notarial act, administered, sworn, or done, under or in accordance with the provisions of section 6 of the Commissioners for Oaths Acts, 1889, shall be as effectual as if duly administered, sworn, or done by
c. 10 s. 6 (1). or before any lawful authority in the Colony.
Copy of
entry in banker's
book.
42 & 43 Vict.
c. 11, ss. 3-6.
[19
22. Subject to the provisions of this section, a copy of an entry in a banker's book shall in all proceedings be received as prima facie evidence of such entry and of the matters, transactions, and accounts therein recorded: Provided-
(a) that such book was, at the time of making the entry, one of the ordinary books of the bank, and the entry was made in the usual and ordinary course of business, and the book is in the custody or control of the bank; such proof may be given by a partner or officer of the bank orally or by an affidavit sworn before any person authorized to take affidavits;
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CAP. 8]
Evidence.
Is. 19 cont.] 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 pay- ment of a reasonable sum for the same, not exceeding fifty cents for every folio of seventy-two words.
[17
9 of 1950, Schedule.
Official documents. 8 & 9 Vict. c. 113, s. 1.
Admissibility of notarial acts done be- fore British diplomatic
and consular officers
52 & 53 Vict.
20. Whenever, by any enactment, 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 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 enactment, 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.
[18
21. Every oath, affidavit, and notarial act, administered, sworn, or done, under or in accordance with the provisions of section 6 of the Commissioners for Oaths Acts, 1889, shall be as effectual as if duly administered, sworn, or done by
c. 10 s. 6 (1). or before any lawful authority in the Colony.
Copy of
entry in banker's
book.
42 & 43 Vict.
c. 11, ss. 3-6.
[19
22. Subject to the provisions of this section, a copy of an entry in a banker's book shall in all proceedings be received as prima facie evidence of such entry and of the matters, transactions, and accounts therein recorded: Provided-
(a) that such book was, at the time of making the entry, one of the ordinary books of the bank, and the entry was made in the usual and ordinary course of busi- ness, and the book is in the custody or control of the bank; such proof may be given by a partner or officer of the bank orally or by an affidavit sworn before any person authorized to take affidavits;
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