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or on the application of any party to the proceedings, summon the person who certified the document and examine him as to the subject-matter thereof.
(5) No document admitted in evidence in any criminal or civil proceedings prior to the commencement* of the Evidence (Amendment) Ordinance 1982 and purporting to have been so admitted under the provisions of this section in force immediately prior to such commencement, shall be held to have been wrongly admitted on the ground only that the document was made by a person other than the person who signed it if the person who signed it was a person appointed under those provisions to carry out the transcription of records and to sign certificates in relation thereto.
(6) A person who immediately prior to the commencement of the Evidence (Amendment) Ordinance 1982 was a person appointed under the provisions of this section in force prior to such commencement shall, as respects transcripts of records in any language specified in his appointment under those provisions, be deemed to be appointed under subsection (2) of this section.
(7) In this section “record” means any disc, tape, sound track or other device in which sounds or other data (not being visual images) are embodied so as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment) of being reproduced therefrom.
(Replaced, 47 of 1982, s. 3)
(47 of 1982.) [*16.7.82]
of time.
30. General holidays, within the meaning of the Holidays Computation Ordinance, shall be excluded from the computation of time under sections 20 and 21.
(Amended, 43 of 1912, Schedule)
31. All proclamations, treaties, and other acts of state of any foreign state or of any Commonwealth Country, and all judgments, decrees, orders, and other judicial proceedings of any court of justice or any consulate in any foreign state or in any Commonwealth Country, and all affidavits, pleadings, and other legal documents filed or deposited in any such court or consulate may be proved in the courts of Hong Kong either by examined copies or by copies authenticated as hereinafter mentioned: that is to say, if the document sought to be proved is a proclamation, treaty or other act of state, the authenticated copy to be admissible in evidence must purport to be sealed with the seal of the foreign state or Commonwealth Country to which the original document belongs, and if the document sought to be proved is a judgment, decree, order, or other judicial proceeding of any court of justice or any consulate in any foreign state or in any Commonwealth Country, or an affidavit, pleading, or other legal document filed or deposited in any such court or consulate, the authenticated copy to be admissible in evidence must purport either to be sealed with the seal of such court or consulate, or, in the event of such court having no seal, to be signed by the judge or, if there are more judges than one, by any one of the judges of such court, and such judge shall attach to his
1879 c. 11, s. II. (Cap. 149.)
Proof of foreign or colonial act of state, judgment,
etc.
1851 c. 99, s. 7.
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or on the application of any party to the proceedings, summon the person who certified the document and examine him as to the subject-matter thereof.
(5) No document admitted in evidence in any criminal or civil proceedings prior to the commencement* of the Evidence (Amend- ment) Ordinance 1982 and purporting to have been so admitted under the provisions of this section in force immediately prior to such commencement, shall be held to have been wrongly admitted on the ground only that the document was made by a person other than the person who signed it if the person who signed it was a person appointed under those provisions to carry out the transcrip- tion of records and to sign certificates in relation thereto.
(6) A person who immediately prior to the commencement of the Evidence (Amendment) Ordinance 1982 was a person appointed under the provisions of this section in force prior to such commence- ment shall, as respects transcripts of records in any language specified in his appointment under those provisions, be deemed to be appointed under subsection (2) of this section.
(7) In this section “record” means any disc, tape, sound track or other device in which sounds or other data (not being visual images) are embodied so as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment) of being reproduced therefrom.
(Replaced, 47 of 1982, s. 3)
(47 of 1982.) [*16.7.82]
of time.
30. General holidays, within the meaning of the Holidays Computation Ordinance, shall be excluded from the computation of time under sections 20 and 21.
(Amended, 43 of 1912, Schedule)
31. All proclamations, treaties, and other acts of state of any foreign state or of any Commonwealth Country, and all judgments, decrees, orders, and other judicial proceedings of any court of justice or any consulate in any foreign state or in any Commonwealth Country, and all affidavits, pleadings, and other legal documents filed or deposited in any such court or consulate may be proved in the courts of Hong Kong either by examined copies or by copies authenticated as hereinafter mentioned: that is to say, if the docu- ment sought to be proved is a proclamation, treaty or other act of state, the authenticated copy to be admissible in evidence must purport to be sealed with the seal of the foreign state or Common- wealth Country to which the original document belongs, and if the document sought to be proved is a judgment, decree, order, or other judicial proceeding of any court of justice or any consulate in any foreign state or in any Commonwealth Country, or an affidavit, pleading, or other legal document filed or deposited in any such court or consulate, the authenticated copy to be admissible in evidence must purport either to be sealed with the seal of such court or consulate, or, in the event of such court having no seal, to be signed by the judge or, if there are more judges than one, by any one of the judges of such court, and such judge shall attach to his
1879 c. 11, s. II. (Cap. 149.)
Proof of foreign or colonial act of state, judgment,
etc.
1851 c. 99, s. 7.
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