{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/brazil-extradition-order-1997/schedule/crossheading-admission-of-evidence",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/brazil-extradition-order-1997/schedule/crossheading-admission-of-evidence.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1176",
  "legislation_title": "The Brazil (Extradition) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/brazil-extradition-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule/crossheading/admission-of-evidence",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": "ARTICLE 8",
  "heading": "Admission of Evidence",
  "text": "(1) The authorities of the Requested State shall admit as evidence, in any proceedings for extradition:\n(a) any judgment or order of conviction or sentence or warrant of arrest;\n(b) any deposition, statement or other evidence given on oath or affirmed;\n(c) any other document given on oath or affirmed; and\n(d) an authenticated copy of any document listed at sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) above,\nwhere such document is duly authenticated.\n(2) For the purposes of this Treaty, a document is “duly authenticated” if\n(a) it is authenticated by the oath or affirmation of a witness;\n(b) it has been signed by a competent authority of the Requesting State and it purports to be certified by being sealed with the official seal of the appropriate Minister of that State; or\n(c) it is authenticated in such other manner as may be permitted by the law of the Requested State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1176/schedule/crossheading/admission-of-evidence",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:08:52.347470+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}