IEA Section 82 — Presumption as to document admissible in England without proof of seal or signature
Chapter 5
Civil
Summary
If a document is presented in court and it appears to be the kind of document that would be accepted as evidence in England or Ireland without needing to prove that its seal, stamp, or signature is real, or that the person who signed it actually held the official position they claim, then the court must assume that the seal, stamp, or signature is genuine. The court must also assume that the person who signed it held the official role they claimed at the time of signing. The document can then be used as evidence for the same purpose it would be used for in England or Ireland.
Official Text
When any document is produced before any Court, purporting to be a document which, by the law in force for the time being in England or Ireland, would be admissible in proof of any particular in any Court of justice in England or Ireland, without proof of the seal or stamp or signature authenticating it, or of the judicial or official character claimed by the person by whom it purports to be signed, the Court shall presume that such seal, stamp or signature is genuine, and mat me person signing it held, at the lime when he signed it, the judicial or official character which he claims, and the document shall be admissible for the same purpose for which it would be admissible in England or Ireland.