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Rule 67 Proof of serviceF1

England and Wales

(1)

The service of any process or other document required or authorised to be served may be proved in any proceedings before a magistrates’ court by a document purporting to be a certificate signed by the person by whom the service was effected.

(2)

References in paragraph (1) to the service of any process shall, in their application to a witness summons, be construed as including references to the payment or tender to the witness of costs and expenses.

(3)

Any process or other document produced by the court computer system on a given day shall be sufficient evidence that the process or other document was sent to the person to whom it is addressed within 2 days of it being produced, unless the contrary is proved.

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Textual amendments

F1

Rule 67 substituted (8.4.2024) by The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/254), rules 1(2), 2(10)