Acts and Regulations

E-11 - Evidence Act

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Bankruptcy proceedings in England
58When on the trial of a cause or other proceeding in a court in this Province it is necessary by reason of bankruptcy proceedings in England to prove the petitioning creditor’s debt, fiat of adjudication, appointment of official assignee, election and confirmation of trade assignees, or any other proceeding had before the commissioner of bankrupts in England, the production of office copies of all or any such proceedings, purporting to be under the hands of the commissioner and registrar, and also professing to be under the seal of the Court of Bankruptcy for the district in which such bankrupt has been declared and adjudged bankrupt, shall in all cases be held and deemed to be sufficient evidence of the facts recited in such documents without any further proof of them.
R.S., c.74, s.50