THE NATURALIZATION ACT, 1870. 33 & 34 VICT. c. 14, s. 12. 12. The following regulations shall be made with respect to evidence under this act: (1.) Any declaration authorized to be made under this act may be proved in any legal proceeding by the production of the original declaration, or of any copy thereof certified to be a true copy by one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, or by any person authorized by regulations of one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state to give certified copies of such declaration, and the production of such declaration or copy shall be evidence of the person therein named as declarant having made the same at the date in the said declaration mentioned: (2.) A certificate of naturalization may be proved in any legal proceeding by the production of the original certificate, or of any copy thereof certified to be a true copy by one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, or by any person authorized by regulations of one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state to give certified copies of such certificate: (3.) A certificate of re-admission to British nationality may be proved in any legal proceeding by the production of the original certificate, or of any copy thereof certified to be a true copy by one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, or by any person authorized by regulations of one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state to give certified copies of such certificate: (4.) Entries in any register authorized to be made in pursuance of this act shall be proved by such copies and certified in such manner as may be directed by one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, and the copies of such entries shall be evidence of any matters by this act or by any regulation of the said secretary of state authorized to be inserted in the register: (5.) The Documentary Evidence Act, 1868, shall apply to any regulation made by a secretary of state, in pursuance of or for the purpose of carrying into effect any of the provisions of this act. EXTRADITION ACT, 1870. 33 & 34 VICT. c. 52, ss. 14 AND 15. 14. Depositions or statements on oath, taken in a foreign state, and copies of such original depositions or statements, and foreign certificates of or judicial documents stating the fact of conviction, may, if duly authenticated, be received in evidence in proceedings under this act. 15. Foreign warrants and depositions or statements on oath, and copies thereof, and certificates of or judicial documents stating the fact of a conviction, shall be deemed duly authenticated for the purposes of this act if authenticated in manner provided for the time being by law, or authenticated as follows:-(1.) If the warrant purports to be signed by a judge, magistrate, or officer of the foreign state where the same was issued. (2.) If the depositions or statements or the copies thereof purport to be certified under the hand of a judge, magistrate, or officer of the foreign state where the same were taken to be the original depositions or statements, or to be the true copies thereof, as the case may require; and (3.) If the certificate of or judicial document stating the fact of conviction purports to be certified by a judge, magistrate, or officer of the foreign state where the conviction took place; and if in every case the warrants, depositions, statements, copies, certifi cates, and judicial documents (as the case may be) are authenticated by the oath of some witness, or by being sealed with the official seal of the minister of justice, or some other minister of state: and all courts of justice, justices, and magistrates shall take judicial notice of such official seal, and shall admit the documents so authenticated by it to be received in evidence without further proof. EXTRADITION ACT, 1873. 36 & 37 VICT. c. 60, s. 4. 4. Be it declared, that the provisions of the principal act relating to depositions and statements on oath taken in a foreign state, and copies of such original depositions and statements, do and shall extend to affirmations taken in a foreign state, and copies of such affirmations. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT, 1875. 39. Every instrument or document (or copy or extract thereof) bearing the seal or stamp of the central office shall be received in evidence without further proof, and every document purporting to be signed by the chief or an assistant registrar, or any inspector or public auditor or valuer under the act, shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be received in evidence without proof of the signature. INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT 39 & 40 VICT. c. 45, ss. 11 (11), 24. 11.-(11.) Any register or list of members or shares kept by any society shall be prima facie evidence of any of the following particulars entered therein: (a) The names, addresses, and occupations of the members, the number of shares held by them respectively, the numbers of such shares, if they are distinguished by numbers, and the amount paid or agreed to be considered as paid on any such shares : (b) The date at which the name of any person, company or society was entered in such register or list as a member: (c) The date at which any such person, company, or society ceased to be a member. 24. Every instrument or document, copy or extract of an instrument or document, bearing the seal or stamp of the central office, shall be received in evidence without further proof; and every document purporting to be signed by the chief or any assistant registrar, or any inspector or public auditor under this act, shall, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, be received in evidence without proof of the signature. BANKERS' BOOKS EVIDENCE ACT, 1879. 42 VICT. C. 11. An Act to amend the Law of Evidence with respect to Bankers' Books. [23rd May, 1879.] Be it enacted as follows: 1. This act may be cited as the Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1879. 2. The Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1876, shall be repealed as from the passing of this act, but such repeal shall not affect anything which has been done or happened before such repeal takes effect. 3. Subject to the provisions of this act, a copy of any entry in a banker's book shall in all legal proceedings be received as prima facie evidence of such entry, and of the matters, transactions, and accounts therein recorded. 4. A copy of an entry in a banker's book shall not be received in evidence under this act unless it be first proved that the book was at the time of the making of the entry one of the ordinary books of the bank, and that the entry was made in the usual and ordinary course of business, and that the book is in the custody or control of the bank. Such proof may be given by a partner or officer of the bank, and may be given orally or by an affidavit sworn before any commissioner or person authorized to take affidavits. 5. A copy of an entry in a banker's book shall not be received in evidence under this act unless it be further proved that the copy has been examined with the original entry and is correct. Such proof shall be given by some person who has examined the copy with the original entry, and may be given either orally or by an affidavit sworn before any commissioner or person authorized to take affidavits. 6. A banker or officer of a bank shall not, in any legal proceeding to which the bank is not a party, be compellable to produce any banker's book the contents of which can be proved under this act, or to appear as a witness to prove the matters, transactions, and accounts therein recorded, unless by order of a judge made for special cause. 7. On the application of any party to a legal proceeding a court or judge may order that such party be at |