Section 7: Documentary proof
consolidated text (as at 2003). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
7. Documentary proof
(1) A certified copy of a judgment or other order referred to in section 4 (5) (c) shall—
(a) be accepted as conclusive proof of the facts stated therein; and
(b) have effect as if it were a judgment or other order of a Court of
competent jurisdiction in Mauritius.
(2) Any document required under this Act to be certified shall, if that
document purports to be certified or signed by a judicial officer or authority
or by the person in charge of any penal institution in the country in which
the offender was detained, and without proof of the signature or the official
character of the person by whom it purports to be signed or certified, be accepted as evidence of the facts stated therein unless the contrary is proved.
(3) A document referred to in this section shall, when accepted—
(a) be treated as though it was duly certified or signed in relation to
a person convicted and sentenced in Mauritius; and
(b) subject to this Act, have effect according to the terms thereof.