CAP. 8]
Evidence
[1984 Ed.
Copy of document of public nature. 1851 c. 99, s. 14.
LN54/69
Official documents. 1845 c. 113. §. 1.
Certificate in criminal proceedings in respect of foreign documents.
PART III
ADMISSIBLE DOCUMENTS
18. 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 enactment exists which renders its contents provable by means of a copy, a 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 50 cents for every folio of 72 words.
(Amended, 51 of 1911; 63 of 1911, Schedule and 9 of 1950, Schedule)
19. 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.
(Amended, 51 of 1911 and 63 of 1911, Schedule)
19A. (1) Any document purporting to be signed by the Chief Secretary and certifying that any foreign document attached thereto has been received by him in connexion with any criminal proceedings shall be admitted in evidence in those proceedings together with the document attached thereto, on production without further proof, as prima facie evidence of the facts contained in such documents.
(2) In this section "foreign document" means a document purporting to be-
(a) a true copy or extract from-
(i) any record, book or document of a public nature kept or maintained in any place outside Hong Kong; or
Note: As to Admissibility in United Kingdom of certain Hong Kong public registers, see S.I. 1962 No. 642.
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CAP. 8]
Evidence
[1984 Ed.
Copy of
document of public nature. 1851 c. 99, s. 14.
LN54/69
Official documents. 1845 c. 113. §. 1.
Certificate in
criminal proceedings in
respect of foreign documents.
PART III
ADMISSIBLE DOCUMENTS
18. 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 enactment exists which renders its
any contents provable by means of a copy, and 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 50 cents for every folio of 72 words.
(Amended, 51 of 1911; 63 of 1911, Schedule and 9 of 1950, Schedule)
19. 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 respec- tively 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.
(Amended, 51 of 1911 and 63 of 1911, Schedule)
19A. (1) Any document purporting to be signed by the Chief Secretary and certifying that any foreign document attached thereto has been received by him in connexion with any criminal proceed- ings shall be admitted in evidence in those proceedings together with the document attached thereto, on production without further proof, as prima facie evidence of the facts contained in such documents.
(2) In this section "foreign document" means a document purporting to be-
(a) a true copy or extract from-
(i) any record, book or document of a public nature kept or maintained in any place outside Hong Kong; or
Note: As to Admissibility in United Kingdom of certain Hong Kong public
registers, see S.I. 1962 No. 642.
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