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Magistrates Courts Act 1921
sec.20Evidence
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### sec.20 Evidence
In any legal proceedings whatsoever the books of a Magistrates Court and any entries therein, or copies of the said books or entries, under the seal of the court and purporting to be signed and certified by the registrar, shall, upon production and on proof of the identity of the parties concerned, be evidence of the contents of the books or of the judgments or other entries, and of the proceedings referred to in them, and of the regularity of the proceedings.
All process of a Magistrates Court purporting to be sealed shall be received in evidence without further proof thereof.
s 20 (prev s 10(2)) renum 1993 No. 39 s 3 sch
amd 1995 No. 23 s 17 sch 2
(sec.20-ssec.1) In any legal proceedings whatsoever the books of a Magistrates Court and any entries therein, or copies of the said books or entries, under the seal of the court and purporting to be signed and certified by the registrar, shall, upon production and on proof of the identity of the parties concerned, be evidence of the contents of the books or of the judgments or other entries, and of the proceedings referred to in them, and of the regularity of the proceedings.
(sec.20-ssec.2) All process of a Magistrates Court purporting to be sealed shall be received in evidence without further proof thereof.