288 Admissibility of documents in evidence
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (1995 c 21) | Legislation

288  Admissibility of documents in evidence

(1)     Where a document is by this Act declared to be admissible in evidence the document shall, on its production from proper custody—

(a)     be admissible in evidence in any court or before any person having by law or consent of parties authority to receive evidence; and

(b)     subject to all just exceptions, be evidence (or in Scotland sufficient evidence) of the matters stated in the document.

(2)     A copy of, or extract from, any document so made admissible in evidence shall, subject to subsection (3) below, also be admissible in evidence and evidence (and in Scotland sufficient evidence) of the matters stated in the document.

(3)     A copy of, or extract from, a document shall

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