PART 5SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
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1
For the purposes of this Order and any connected proceedings, a Mechanism document may be taken to be such a document and to have been issued or made if—
a
it purports to have been issued or made in accordance with the Statute or the Rules or, in the case of a request to the Secretary of State, for the purposes of this Order; or
b
it is verified by a certificate purporting to be signed by the President of the Mechanism, the Registrar or the Prosecutor certifying that the document is a Mechanism document or a true copy of such a document.
2
Where facsimile transmission has been used—
a
for the making of a request by the Mechanism or the transmission of any supporting documents; or
b
for the transmission of any document in consequence of such a request,
c
this Order applies as if any documents so sent were the originals of the documents so transmitted.
3
A document which falls within paragraph (1) or (2) is receivable or, in Scotland, admissible in evidence accordingly.
4
In this article “Mechanism document” means—
a
a warrant, order, summons or other process of the Mechanism;
b
a copy of such warrant, order, summons or other process; or
c
a request to the Secretary of State by the Mechanism;
and the reference to the President of the Mechanism, the Registrar or the Prosecutor includes a reference to any person lawfully exercising the functions of the President, the Registrar or the Prosecutor.
5
Judicial notice is to be taken of the Statute, the Rules and the seal of the Mechanism.