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Foreign Evidence Act 1994

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C2023C00233 (C21)

14 September 2023

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Part 1—Preliminary
Part 2—Examination of witnesses abroad
Part 3—Use of foreign material in criminal and related civil proceedings
Part 3A—Use of foreign material and foreign government material in terrorism related proceedings
Part 4—Use of foreign material and records of foreign business authorities in certain civil proceedings
Part 5—Authenticating foreign public documents
Part 6—Taking evidence for proceedings in foreign courts
Part 7—Miscellaneous
- 46 Regulations
Schedule—Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents
- Endnotes

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