Article 9 Court documents

(1)

A court officer must seal^f1, or otherwise authenticate with the stamp of the court, the following documents on issue—

(a)

the application form;

(b)

the order; and

(c)

any other document which a rule or practice direction requires it to seal or stamp.

(2)

The court officer may place the seal or the stamp on the document—

(a)

by hand; or

(b)

by printing a facsimile of the seal on the document whether electronically or otherwise.

(3)

A document purporting to bear the court’s seal or stamp will be admissible in evidence without further proof.

(4)

The relevant practice direction contains provisions about court documents.

Annotations

f1: A seal is a mark which the court puts on a document to indicate that the document has been issued by the court.