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Rule 68 Proof of proceedingsI1C1C2

England and Wales

The register of a magistrates' court, or F1... an extract from the register F2... certified by F3the F4designated officer as a true extract, shall be admissible in any legal proceedings as evidence of the proceedings of the court entered in the register.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in rule 68 omitted (20.6.2003) by virtue of The Magistrates' Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1236), rules 1, 34(a)

F2

Words in rule 68 omitted (20.6.2003) by virtue of The Magistrates' Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1236), rules 1, 34(b)

F3

Words in rule 68 substituted (1.4.2001) by The Magistrates' Courts (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/610), rules 1, 5

F4

Words in Rules substituted (1.4.2005) by The Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/617), art. 1, Sch. para. 85

Modifications

C1

Rule 68 replaced (4.4.2005) by The Criminal Procedure Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/384), rule 6.4 (with rule 2.1); [Editorial note: This rule, the substance of which is reproduced in and referred to by the Criminal Procedure Rules, is revoked when those Rules come into force by virtue of the provisions of 2003 c. 39, S.I. 2004/2066 and S.I. 2004/2035, see CrimPR rule 2.1 note.]

C2

Rule 68 applied (6.4.2011) by The Family Procedure Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/2955), rule 9.2 (with rules 2.1, 9.1)

Commencement

I1

Rule 68 in force at 6.7.1981, see rule 1(1)