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(b) also, that it is proved, orally or by affidavit sworn as aforesaid, by some person who has examined the copy with the original entry, that the copy has been examined with the original entry and is correct; and (c) further, that a banker or officer of a bank shall not, in any proceedings to which the bank is not a party, be compelled to produce any banker's book the contents of which can be proved under this Ordinance, or to appear as a witness to prove the matters, transactions, or accounts therein recorded, except by order of a judge made for special cause.
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23. (1) On the application of any party to any proceedings, the court or a judge may order that such party be at liberty to inspect and take copies of any entries in a banker's book for any of the purposes of such proceedings.
(2) An order under this section may be made either with or without summoning the bank or any other party, and shall be served on the bank three clear days before the same is to be obeyed, unless the court or judge otherwise directs.
(3) The costs of any application to the court or judge under or for the purposes of this section, and the costs of anything done or to be done under an order of the court or judge made under or for the purposes of this section, shall be in the discretion of the court or judge, who may order the same or any part thereof to be paid to any party by the bank, where the same have been occasioned by default or delay on the part of the bank.
(4) Any such order against a bank may be enforced as if the bank were a party to the proceeding.
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Court or judge may direct copies of entries in banker's book to be taken.
42 & 43 Vict. c. 11, ss. 7, 8.
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Computation of time.
24. General holidays, within the meaning of the Holidays Ordinance, shall be excluded from the computation of time under sections 22 and 23.
42 & 43 Vict. c. 11, s. 11.
(Cap. 149.)
Proof of colonial act, foreign or judgment, etc.
25. All proclamations, treaties, and other acts of state of any foreign state or of any British possession, and all judgments, decrees, orders, and other judicial proceedings of any court of justice or any consulate in any foreign state or in any British possession, and all affidavits, pleadings,
14 & 15 Vict. c. 99, s. 7.
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Evidence.
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(b) also, that it is proved, orally or by affidavit sworn as aforesaid, by some person who has examined the copy with the original entry, that the copy has been examined with the original entry and is correct; and (c) further, that a banker or officer of a bank shall not, in any proceedings to which the bank is not party, be compelled to produce any banker's book the contents of which can be proved under this Ordin- ance, or to appear as a witness to prove the matters, transactions, or accounts therein recorded, except by order of a judge made for special cause.
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23. (1) On the application of any party to any proceed- ings, the court or a judge may order that such party be at liberty to inspect and take copies of any entries in a banker's book for any of the purposes of such proceedings.
(2) An order under this section may be made either with or without summoning the bank or any other party, and shall be served on the bank three clear days before the same is to be obeyed, unless the court or judge otherwise directs.
(3) The costs of any application to the court or judge under or for the purposes of this section, and the costs of anything done or to be done under an order of the court or judge made under or for the purposes of this section, shall be in the discretion of the court or judge, who may order the same or any part thereof to be paid to any party by the bank, where the same have been occasioned by default or delay on the part of the bank.
(4) Any such order against a bank may be enforced as if the bank were a party to the proceeding.
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Court or direct copies banker's
judge may
of entries in
book to be taken.
42 & 43 Vict. c. 11, ss. 7, 8.
of time.
24. General holidays, within the meaning of the Holi- Computation days Ordinance, shall be excluded from the computation of 42 & 43 Vict. time under sections 22 and 23.
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c. 11, s. 11.
(Cap. 149.)
Proof of colonial act
foreign or
of state,
25. All proclamations, treaties, and other acts of state of any foreign state or of any British possession, and all judgments, decrees, orders, and other judicial proceedings judgment, of any court of justice or any consulate in any foreign state 14 & 15 Vict. or in any British possession, and all affidavits, pleadings, c. 99, s. 7.
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etc.
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