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Effect of notices in Gazette.
Admissibility of document filed in foreign court or consulate.
Courts to take judicial notice of signature of judges, etc.
1845 c. 113. s. 2.
Prints of films of public documents.
(d)
Evidence
[1984 Ed.
(i) 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
(ii) 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. (Amended, 51 of 1911 and 63 of 1911, Schedule)
36. Where any notice, order or other document is required by any enactment to be published in the Gazette, or where any document referred to in section 35(b) appears in the Gazette, a copy of the Gazette in which it is so published or appears shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in such notice, order or document. (31 of 1911, s. 37, incorporated. Amended, 8 of 1912, s. 82; 5 of 1924, Schedule and 1 of 1927, s. 3)
37. 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 the courts of Hong Kong on being proved in like manner as any documents filed or recorded in any foreign court are provable under this or any other Ordinance; and all documents whatsoever so filed or recorded in any foreign court or consulate, and all copies of such documents, shall, when so proved and admitted, be held authentic and effectual for all purposes of evidence as the same would be held in such foreign court or consulate.
(Amended, 51 of 1911; 63 of 1911, Schedule and 37 of 1984, s. 11)
38. All courts, judges, magistrates, justices of the peace, officers of the courts, commissioners acting judicially, and other judicial officers shall take judicial notice of the signature of the judges, provided such signature is attached or appended to any judgment, decree, order, certificate, or other judicial or official document.
(Amended, 50 of 1911 and 62 of 1911, Schedule)
39. (1) A print, whether enlarged or not, purporting to be made from a film of a public document and purporting to be certified to be a print made from a film of a public document by the public officer or person who has custody of the film shall be admitted in evidence in any criminal or civil proceedings before any court on its production without further proof.
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CAP. 8]
Effect of notices in Gazette.
Admissibility of document filed in foreign court or consulate.
Courts to take judicial notice of signature of judges, etc.
1845 c. 113. s. 2.
Prints of films of public documents.
(d)
Evidence
[1984 Ed.
(i) 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
(ii) 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. (Amended, 51 of 1911 and 63 of 1911, Schedule)
36. Where any notice, order or other document is required by any enactment to be published in the Gazette, or where any document referred to in section 35(b) appears in the Gazette, a copy of the Gazette in which it is so published or appears shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in such notice, order or document. (31 of 1911, s. 37, incorporated. Amended, 8 of 1912, s. 82; 5 of 1924, Schedule and 1 of 1927, s. 3)
37. 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 the courts of Hong Kong on being proved in like manner as any documents filed or recorded in any foreign court are provable under this or any other Ordinance; and all documents whatsoever so filed or recorded in any foreign court or consulate, and all copies of such documents, shall, when so proved and admitted, be held authentic and effectual for all purposes of evidence as the same would be held in such foreign court or consulate.
(Amended, 51 of 1911; 63 of 1911, Schedule and 37 of 1984, s. 11)
38. All courts, judges, magistrates, justices of the peace, officers of the courts, commissioners acting judicially, and other judicial officers shall take judicial notice of the signature of the judges, provided such signature is attached or appended to any judgment, decree, order, certificate, or other judicial or official document.
(Amended, 50 of 1911 and 62 of 1911, Schedule)
39. (1) A print, whether enlarged or not, purporting to be made from a film of a public document and purporting to be certified to be a print made from a film of a public document by the public officer or person who has custody of the film shall be admitted in evidence in any criminal or civil proceedings before any court on its production without further proof.
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