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Evidence Act 1977
sec.71Royal proclamations, orders of the Privy Council etc.
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### sec.71 Royal proclamations, orders of the Privy Council etc.
Evidence of any royal proclamation, order of Her Majesty’s Privy Council, order, regulation, dispatch, or any other instrument made or issued by Her Majesty or by Her Majesty’s Privy Council, or by or under the authority of any of Her Majesty’s Secretaries of State, or of any department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, may be given—
by the production of a document purporting to be a copy of the London gazette or of the government gazette purporting to contain a reprint of such proclamation, order of the Privy Council, order, regulation, dispatch or other instrument; or
by the production in the case of any such proclamation of a copy purporting to be printed by the government printer.
In this section (but without affecting the generality of the expression when used elsewhere)—
Her Majesty includes any predecessors of Her Majesty.
(sec.71-ssec.1) Evidence of any royal proclamation, order of Her Majesty’s Privy Council, order, regulation, dispatch, or any other instrument made or issued by Her Majesty or by Her Majesty’s Privy Council, or by or under the authority of any of Her Majesty’s Secretaries of State, or of any department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, may be given— by the production of a document purporting to be a copy of the London gazette or of the government gazette purporting to contain a reprint of such proclamation, order of the Privy Council, order, regulation, dispatch or other instrument; or by the production in the case of any such proclamation of a copy purporting to be printed by the government printer.
(sec.71-ssec.2) In this section (but without affecting the generality of the expression when used elsewhere)— Her Majesty includes any predecessors of Her Majesty.
- (a) by the production of a document purporting to be a copy of the London gazette or of the government gazette purporting to contain a reprint of such proclamation, order of the Privy Council, order, regulation, dispatch or other instrument; or
- (b) by the production in the case of any such proclamation of a copy purporting to be printed by the government printer.