# Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, Section 31N: Summonses and other documents


(1) Where any summons or other process issued from the family court is served by an officer of the court, the service may be proved by a certificate in a prescribed form showing the fact and mode of the service.
(2) Section 133(2) of the County Courts Act 1984 (offence and punishment) applies in relation to any officer of the family court wilfully and corruptly giving a false certificate under subsection (1) as it applies in relation to any officer of the county court wilfully and corruptly giving a false certificate under section 133(1) of that Act.
(3) Sections 135 and 136 of that Act (offences of pretending to have court's authority etc) apply in relation to the family court as they apply in relation to the county court.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/42/section/31N (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-and-family-proceedings-act-1984/section-31N
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