Section 31
Proof of orders, etc., of prescribed foreign country
of Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000
(1)
For the purposes of sections 29 and 30 and the Third Schedule —
any order made or judgment given by a court of a prescribed foreign country purporting to bear the seal of that court or to be signed by any person in his or her 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; and
a document, duly authenticated, that purports to be a copy of any order made or judgment given by a court of a prescribed foreign country is deemed without further proof to be a true copy.
(2)
A document is duly authenticated for the purpose of subsection (1)(b) if it purports to be certified by any person in his or her capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court in question or by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of that country.