International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964

EvidenceU.K.

8U.K.For the purposes of the M1Visiting Forces Act 1952 as adapted by this Schedule—

(a)a certificate issued by or on behalf of an authority appointed by a headquarters for the purposes of paragraph 2 of this Schedule stating that at a time specified in the certificate a person so specified either was or was not a military or civilian member of that headquarters and, if he was, belonged to any country so specified;

(b)a certificate so issued stating that an alleged offence, if committed by a person so specified, arose out of and in the course of his duty as a member of that headquarters;

shall be sufficient evidence of the fact so stated unless the contrary is proved.

Marginal Citations

9U.K.Subsection (3) of section 16 shall apply in relation to any document purporting to be any such certificate as is mentioned in paragraph 8 of this Schedule, and to the authority issuing such a certificate, as it applies in relation to such a certificate and authority as are mentioned in that section.