7. Copies or extracts of books to be admitted in evidence
Feedback & supportSubject to this section and section 9, a copy of or extract from a book relating to a matter mentioned in section 5(1)(a)(A), (B), (C), (D) or (E) is admissible in evidence as if it were the original book or the relevant part of the original book.
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“book” includes any register, document or other record of information and any account or accounting record, however compiled, recorded or stored whether in written or printed form or microfilm by electronic process or otherwise;
A copy of or extract from a book is not admissible in evidence under subsection (1) unless it is proved that the copy or extract is a true copy of the book or of the relevant part of the book.
For the purposes of subsection (2), evidence that a copy of or extract from a book is a true copy of the book or of a part of the book may be given by a person who has compared the copy or extract with the book or the relevant part of the book and may be given orally or by an affidavit sworn, or by a declaration made, before a person authorised to take affidavits or statutory declarations.