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Maintenance Orders Reciprocal Enforcement Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · General
Maintenance Orders Reciprocal Enforcement Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · General
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
For the purpose of this Act, unless the contrary is shown -
any order made by a court in a reciprocating country purporting to bear the seal of that court or to be signed by any person in his capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court, is deemed without further proof to have been duly sealed or, as the case may be, to have been signed by that person;
the person by whom the order was signed is deemed without further proof to have been a judge, magistrate or officer of that court when he signed it; and
court
"court" includes any tribunal or person having power to make, confirm, enforce, vary or revoke a maintenance order; B. L. R.O. 1;2021 Maintenance Orders 6 Reciprocal Enforcemen1
a document purporting to be a certified copy of an order made by a court in a reciprocating country is deemed without further proof to be such a copy.
certified copy
"certified copy", in relation to an order of court, means a copy of the order certified by the proper officer of the court to be a true copy;
court
"court" includes any tribunal or person having power to make, confirm, enforce, vary or revoke a maintenance order; B. L. R.O. 1;2021 Maintenance Orders 6 Reciprocal Enforcemen1
reciprocating country
"reciprocating country" has the meaning assigned to it by section 17;