Part V General Provisions
Provisions as to evidence
199 Proof of outcome of civil trial.
(1)
Where a person subject to air-force law has been tried before a civil court (whether at the time of the trial he was subject to air-force law or not), a certificate signed by the F1proper officer of the court and stating all or any of the following matters,—
(a)
that the said person has been tried before the court for an offence specified in the certificate,
(b)
the result of the trial,
(c)
what judgment or order was given or made by the court,
(d)
that other offences specified in the certificate were taken into consideration at the trial,
shall for the purposes of this Act be evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.
(2)
The F1proper officer of the court shall, if required by the commanding officer of the person in question or any other officer, furnish a certificate under this section and shall be paid such fee as may be prescribed by regulations made by a Secretary of State.
(3)
A document purporting to be a certificate under this section and to be signed by the F1proper officer of the court shall, unless the contrary is shown, be deemed to be such a certificate.
F2(4)
In this section “proper officer” means—
(a)
in relation to a court of summary jurisdiction in England and Wales, the F3designated officer for the court; and
(b)
in relation to any other court, the clerk of the court, his deputy or any other person having the custody of the records of the court.