37Copies of public records

37 Copies of public records

(1)  [Section 37 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 44, Applied:01 Jan 2022] The Recorder shall, on application and payment of the prescribed fee, furnish a person with a certified copy of any public record in the Recorder’s custody.

(2)  *[Section 37 Subsection (2) amended by No. 48 of 1990, s. 14 ]*A copy for the purposes of this section may, in the Recorder's discretion, be –

(a) in writing;

(b) made by such photocopying, facsimile or electronic transmission process as the Recorder determines; or

(c) made partly in accordance with paragraph (a) and partly in accordance with paragraph (b) .

(3)  *[Section 37 Subsection (3) amended by No. 48 of 1990, s. 14 ]*In this section –

certified copy in relation to a public record, means a copy of that public record that –

(a) is certified by the Recorder or some officer acting on the Recorder's behalf to be a copy of the public record; or

(b) in the case of a copy created by a facsimile or electronic transmission process – has recorded upon it by that process an indication that the transmission creating the copy was initiated in an office of the Recorder and a record of the time and date of the transmission;

[Section 37 Subsection (3) amended by No. 80 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2002]

[Section 37 Subsection (3) amended by No. 80 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2002] machine copy, in relation to a public record, means a copy of the record made by –

(a) a machine in which, or a process by which, a latent image of the contents of the document is produced from surface contact with the document or by the use of photosensitive material other than transparent photographic film; or