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Proof and admissibility of certain judgments, documents and related translations.
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12.—(1) For the purposes of the Conventions—
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(a) a document that is duly authenticated and 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 any copy of a document mentioned in Article 46.2 or 47 of the 1968 Convention shall be admissible as evidence of any matter to which the document relates.
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(2) A document purporting to be a copy of a judgment given by a court of a Contracting State, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be regarded as being duly authenticated 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 a judgment given by that court.
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(3) A document shall be admissible as evidence of a translation if—
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(a) it purports to be the translation of—
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(i) a judgment given by a court of a Contracting State other than the State,
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(ii) a document mentioned in Article 46.2, 47 or 50 of the 1968 Convention, or
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(iii) a document containing a settlement referred to in Article 51 of the 1968 Convention or containing an arrangement referred to in Article 10 of the 1996 Accession Convention, and
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(b) it is certified as correct by a person competent to do so.
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