EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 52
Proof of registers of British vessels etc.
EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 52
Proof of registers of British vessels etc.
52 Proof of registers of British vessels etc.
(1) Every register of a vessel kept under any of the Act s relating to the
registry of British vessels may be proved by the production of—
(a) the
original; or
(b) an examined copy of the original; or
(c) a copy purporting
to be certified as a true copy under the hand of the person having the charge
of the original.
(2) A person having the charge of the original of such
register is required to furnish such certified copy to any person applying at
a reasonable time for the same upon payment of such fee (if any) as is
prescribed by law.
(3) Every—
(a) such register or such copy of a register;
and
(b) certificate of registry granted under any of the said Acts relating
to the registry of British vessels and purporting to be signed as required by
law;
shall be admissible in evidence of—
(c) all the matters contained or
recited in such register when the register or such copy of the register is
produced; and
(d) all the matters contained recited in or endorsed on such
certificate of registry when the said certificate is produced.
