{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-evidence-scotland-act-1988/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-evidence-scotland-act-1988/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/32",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-evidence-scotland-act-1988",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Production of copy document.",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of any civil proceedings, a copy of a document, purporting to be authenticated by a person responsible for the making of the copy, shall, unless the court otherwise directs, be—\n(a) deemed a true copy; and\n(b) treated for evidential purposes as if it were the document itself.\n(2) In subsection (1) above, “copy” includes a transcript or reproduction.\n(3) Sections 3 to 5 of the Bankers’ Books Evidence Act 1879 (mode of proof of entries in bankers’ books, proof that book is a bankers’ book and verification of copy of entry in such a book) shall not apply to civil proceedings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1879 c. 11."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/32/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:57.539677+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."
}