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Article 5 Proof of orders and judgment of court of a designated country

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(1)

For the purposes of this Order—

(a)

any order made or judgment given by a court of a designated country purporting to bear the seal of that court, or to be signed by any person in his capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court, shall be deemed without further proof to have been duly sealed or, as the case may be, to have been signed by that person, and

(b)

a document, duly authenticated, which purports to be a copy of any order made or judgment given by a court of a designated country shall be deemed without further proof to be a true copy.

(2)

A document purporting to be a copy of any order made or judgment given by a court of a designated country is duly authenticated for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) above if it purports to be certified by any person in his capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court in question or by, or on behalf of, the appropriate authority of the designated country.