Wikibooks: Canadian Criminal Evidence/Documentary Evidence/Public and Judicial Documents

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Canada; Inuvik
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Canadian_Criminal_Evidence/Documentary_Evidence/Public_and_Judicial_Documents

=Public Documents= =Legislation and Regulations= Under s. 19 20 21 and 22 of the Canada Evidence Act Acts of Parliament and provincial legislation is admissible without proof. Canada Evidence Act s. 19 20 21 22 There is no need for certification and all copies are deemed admissible unless proven otherwise. Reflist 2 =Official Government Documents= Section 24 states quotation Certified copies 24. In every case in which the original record could be admitted in evidence (a) a copy of any official or public document of Canada or of any province purporting to be certified under the hand of the proper officer or person in whose custody the official or public document is placed or (b) a copy of a document by law rule regulation or proceeding or a copy of any entry in any register or other book of any municipal or other corporation created by charter or Act of Parliament or the legislature of any province purporting to be certified under the seal of the corporation and the hand of the presiding officer clerk or secretary thereof is admissible in evidence without proof of the seal of the corporation or of the signature or official character of the person or persons appearing to have signed it and without further proof thereof. R.S. c. E 10 s. 24. Certificates of provincial incorporation can be admitted under s. 24 and 37 of the CEA. R. v. John Murray Motors Ltd (1979) 47 CCC (2d) 49 (BCCA) Aeronautical charts produced by the Government of Canada are admissible without notice due to their inherent reliabillity. R. v. Inuvik Coast Airways (1984) 10 CCC (3d) 89 (NWTSC) Reflist 2 =Police Documents= =Publicly Accessible Documents under the CEA= Section 25 concerns the admissibility of documents of a public nature quotation Books and documents 25. Where a book or other document is of so public a nature as to be admissible in evidence on its mere production from the proper custody and no other Act exists that renders its contents provable by means of a copy a copy thereof or extract therefrom is admissible in evidence in any ...