Section 189Part 8 — Co-operation
Proof of orders and judgments of courts of a foreign country
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For the purposes of external confiscation —
any order made or judgment given by a court of a foreign country purporting to bear the seal of that court or to be signed by any person in that person’s capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court, shall be deemed without further proof to have been duly sealed or, as the case may be, to have been signed by that person; and
a document, duly authenticated, which purports to be a copy of any order made or judgment given by a court of a foreign country sh all be deemed without further proof to be a true copy.
A document purporting to be a copy of any order made or judgment given by a court of a foreign country is duly authenticated for the purpose of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) if it purports to be certified by any person in that person’s capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court in question or by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of the foreign country.