# Magistrates’ Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984, Rule 20: Certificate of conviction or order

Extent: N.I.

(1) At the request of any person with a bona fide interest in any proceedings a district judge (magistrates’ courts), Lay magistrate or clerk of petty sessions shall grant a certificate of the conviction or order made in such proceedings.
(2) The certificate shall be signed by a district judge (magistrates’ courts), a lay magistrate or by the clerk of petty sessions.
(3) A certificate under this Rule shall be prima facie evidence of the conviction or order an, except where it is proved that such a certificate purporting to be signed by a district judge (magistrates’ courts) or lay magistrate or clerk of petty sessions was not in fact so signed, the certificate shall operate as a valid form of conviction or order for any purpose whatsoever.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1984/225/rule/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-20
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