Acts and Regulations

E-11 - Evidence Act

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State document of British possession or foreign state
74The existence and the whole or any part of the contents of any state document of a British possession or foreign state may be proved in any of the following modes:
(a) by the production of a copy thereof or an extract therefrom, purporting to be printed by, or for, or by the authority of, the parliament or legislative body, government, King’s Printer or other official printer of the British possession or of the foreign state;
(b) by the production of a copy thereof or an extract therefrom, whether printed or not, purporting to be certified as a true copy or extract by the minister or head, or the deputy minister or deputy head, of any department of government of the British possession or of the foreign state, or by the custodian of the original document or the public records from which the copy or extract purports to be made, or purporting to be an exemplification of the state document under the Great Seal or other state seal of the British possession or of the foreign state.
R.S., c.74, s.66; 1984, c.C-5.1, s.48; 2023, c.17, s.78
State document of British possession or foreign state
74The existence and the whole or any part of the contents of any state document of a British possession or foreign state may be proved in any of the following modes:
(a) by the production of a copy thereof or an extract therefrom, purporting to be printed by, or for, or by the authority of, the parliament or legislative body, government, Queen’s Printer or other official printer of the British possession or of the foreign state;
(b) by the production of a copy thereof or an extract therefrom, whether printed or not, purporting to be certified as a true copy or extract by the minister or head, or the deputy minister or deputy head, of any department of government of the British possession or of the foreign state, or by the custodian of the original document or the public records from which the copy or extract purports to be made, or purporting to be an exemplification of the state document under the Great Seal or other state seal of the British possession or of the foreign state.
R.S., c.74, s.66; 1984, c.C-5.1, s.48