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3(1)Section 6 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1865 (proof of previous conviction of witness by certificate signed by clerk) is amended as follows.
(2)Number the existing provision as subsection (1) and for the words from “the clerk” to “such clerk or officer,” substitute “the proper officer of the court where the offender was convicted”.
(3)After that subsection insert—
“(2)In subsection (1) “proper officer” means—
(a)in relation to a magistrates' court in England and Wales, the justices' chief executive for the court; and
(b)in relation to any other court, the clerk of the court or other officer having the custody of the records of the court, or the deputy of such clerk or other officer.”