The Bermuda (Evidence) Order 1987 No. 662


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Statutory Instruments

1987 No. 662

EVIDENCE

The Bermuda (Evidence) Order 1987

Made

7th April 1987

Coming into force

1st July 1987

At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 7th day of April 1987

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 10(3) of the Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975(1), or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Bermuda (Evidence) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st July 1987.

2.  Subsections (2), (3) and (4) of section 8 of the Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975 and the provisions of Schedule 2 to that Act that relate to the Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act 1856(2), the Evidence by Commission Act 1859(3), the Extradition Act 1870(4), the Evidence by Commission Act 1885(5) and section 3(1)(b) of the Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act 1966(6), as amended in its application to Bermuda(7), shall extend to Bermuda.

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order extends to Bermuda the provisions of the Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975 that provide for the repeal of the Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act 1856, the Evidence by Commission Act 1859, section 24 of the Extradition Act 1870, the Evidence by Commission Act 1885 and section 3(1)(b) of the Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act 1966.


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