# Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988, Section 5: Document as part of business records.


(1) Unless the court otherwise directs, a document may in any civil proceedings be taken to form part of the records of a business or undertaking if it is certified as such by a docquet purporting to be signed by an officer of the business or undertaking to which the records belong; and a statement contained in any document certified as aforesaid may be received in evidence without being spoken to by a witness.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a facsimile of a signature shall be treated as a signature.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/32/section/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-evidence-scotland-act-1988/section-5
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