sec.5Meaning of document purporting to be of certain character etc.

### sec.5 Meaning of document purporting to be of certain character etc. For the purposes of this Act a document, including any instrument or part of an instrument, purports— to be of a certain character; or to have been produced or authenticated at a certain time, in a certain manner, by a certain person or body, or by a person having a certain qualification or occupying a certain office; or any other matter whatever; if the document expressly or impliedly represents that matter or a court can assume that matter from the contents of the document or otherwise. s 5 (prev s 5(3)) amd 1995 No. 58 s 4 sch 1 renum 1995 No. 58 s 4 sch 1 - (a) to be of a certain character; or - (b) to have been produced or authenticated at a certain time, in a certain manner, by a certain person or body, or by a person having a certain qualification or occupying a certain office; or - (c) any other matter whatever;