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And if the document sought to be proved be a judgment,
decree, order, or other judicial proceeding of any foreign
Court, in any British possession, or an affidavit, pleading,
or other legal document filed or deposited in any such
Court, the authenticated copy to be admissible in evidence
must purport either to be sealed with the seal of the foreign
or other Court to which the original document belongs, or,
in the event of such Court having no seal, to be signed by
the judge, or, if there be more than one judge, by any one
of the judges of the said Court, and such judge must attach
to his signature a statement in writing on the said copy that
the court whereof he is judge has no seal ;

If any of the aforesaid authenticated copies purports to
be sealed or signed as hereinbefore mentioned, it is admis-
sible in evidence in every case in which the original docu-
ment could have been received in evidence, without any
proof of the seal where a seal is necessary, or of the signa-
ture, or of the truth of the statement attached thereto,
where such signature and statement are necessary, or of
the judicial character of the person appearing to have
made such signature and statement.*®

Colonial laws assented to by the governors of colonies,
and bills reserved by the governors of such colonies for the
signification of Her Majesty's pleasure, and the fact (as the
case may be) that such law has been duly and properly
passed and assented to, or that such bill has been duly and
properly passed and presented to the governor, may be
proved {prima facie) by a copy certified by the clerk or

16 14 & 15 Viet. c. 99, s. 7.
