Evidence Act 1851

14 Examined or certified copies of documents admissible in evidence. E+W+N.I.

Whenever any book or other document is of such a public nature as to be admissible in evidence on its mere production from the proper custody, and no Statute exists which renders its contents provable by means of a copy, any copy thereof or extract therefrom shall be admissible in evidence in any court of justice, or before any person now or hereafter having by law or by consent of parties authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence, provided it be proved to be an examined copy or extract, or provided it purport to be signed and certified as a true copy or extract by the officer to whose custody the original is intrusted, and which officer is hereby required to furnish such certified copy or extract to any person applying at a reasonable time for the same, upon payment of a reasonable sum for the same, not exceeding fourpence for every folio of ninety words.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 14 extended (E.W.) by Law of Property Act 1922 (c. 16), s. 144

C2 Reference to fourpence to be read as reference to equivalent amount in new currency: Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19), s. 10(1)