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Evidence Act 2006

Trial process - Documentary evidence and evidence produced by machine, device, or technical process - Special rules applying where no requirement for legalisation of foreign public document

146: Foreign public documents: certificates as to contracting States under Convention

You could also call this:

"Proof that a country follows certain rules under a Convention"

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If you get a certificate from the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, it can be used as evidence that a country has agreed to follow certain rules under a Convention. The certificate must say that the country did not object to New Zealand joining the Convention. You can trust this certificate unless someone proves it is wrong. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade must have signed the certificate for it to be valid, and it will show that a country is a contracting State under the Convention, which you can read more about by following the link to the Convention.

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Part 3Trial process
Documentary evidence and evidence produced by machine, device, or technical process: Special rules applying where no requirement for legalisation of foreign public document

146Foreign public documents: certificates as to contracting States under Convention

  1. A certificate purporting to be signed by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and stating that a country is a contracting State under the Convention that did not raise an objection to New Zealand’s accession to the Convention, is sufficient evidence of those matters, unless the contrary is proved.

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