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5. For the purposes of this Order—
(1) A certificate purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of a designated country stating—
(a)that proceedings have been instituted and have not been concluded, or that proceedings are to be instituted, there,
(b)that an external order is in force and is not subject to appeal,
(c)that property recoverable in the designated country under an external order remains unrecovered there,
(d)that any person has been notified of any proceedings in accordance with the law of the designated country, or
(e)that an order (however described) made by a court of a designated country is an external order, or that an order, if made by a court of a designated country, would be an external order,
shall be admissible as evidence or, for the purposes of Part III of this Order, constitute sufficient evidence, of the facts so stated.
(2) A statement contained in a document, duly authenticated, which purports to have been received in evidence or to be a copy of a document so received, or to set out or summarise evidence given in proceedings in a court of a designated country, shall be admissible as evidence or, for the purposes of Part III of this Order, constitute sufficient evidence, of any fact stated therein.
(3) A document is duly authenticated for the purposes of paragraph (2) above if it purports to be certified by any person in his capacity as judge, magistrate or officer of the court of a designated country, or by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of the designated country, to have been received in evidence or to be a copy of a document so received, or, as the case may be, to be the original document containing or summarising the evidence or a true copy of that document.
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