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Proof and admissibility of certain judgments and related translations and documents
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8. (1) For the purposes of the Convention—
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(a) a document, duly certified, which purports to be a copy of a judgment given by a court of a Contracting State other than the State shall without further proof be deemed to be a true copy of the judgment, unless the contrary is shown, and
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(b) the original or a copy of any document (other than a document referred to in paragraph (a)) mentioned in Article 13 of the Convention shall be admissible as evidence of any matter to which it relates.
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(2) A document which—
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(a) purports to be a translation of—
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(i) a judgment given by a court of a Contracting State other than the State, or
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(ii) a document containing a settlement referred to in Article 12 of the Convention, or
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(iii) a document referred to in subparagraphs (b) to (e) of Article 13(1) of the Convention,
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and
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(b) is certified as correct by a person competent to do so,
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shall be admissible as evidence of the translation.
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(3) A document purporting to be a copy of a judgment given by a court of a Contracting State other than the State, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be regarded as being duly certified if it purports—
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(a) to bear the seal of that Court, or
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(b) to be certified by a judge or officer of that court to be a true copy of the judgment.
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