{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-act-1984/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-act-1984/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/37",
  "legislation_title": "Child Abduction Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-act-1984",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Proof and admissibility of certain documents.",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Part of this Act, a document duly authenticated which purports to be—\n(a) an order or other document issued by a court of the United Kingdom (other than a Scottish court) shall be sufficient evidence of any matter to which it relates;\n(b) a copy of such an order or other document shall be deemed without further proof to be a true copy unless the contrary is shown, and shall be sufficient evidence of any matter to which it relates.\n(2) A document is duly authenticated for the purposes of—\n(a) subsection (1)(a) above of it purports to bear the seal of that court;\n(b) subsection (1)(b) above if it purports to be certified by any person in his capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of that court to be a true copy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/37/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:02:06.977456+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."
}