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Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988

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5 Document as part of business records.S

(1)Unless the court otherwise directs, a document may in any civil proceedings be taken to form part of the records of a business or undertaking if it is certified as such by a docquet purporting to be signed by an officer of the business or undertaking to which the records belong; and a statement contained in any document certified as aforesaid may be received in evidence without being spoken to by a witness.

(2)For the purposes of this section, a facsimile of a signature shall be treated as a signature.

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