Proof of proclamation, Order in Council, or regulation issued in the United Kingdom

(1) The contents of any proclamation or statutory instrument issued at any time by The Government of Belize or of any proclamation or statutory instrument issued at any time by or under the authority of any department of the United Kingdom Government or officer mentioned in the first column of Schedule I, may be proved in all or any of the modes mentioned in this section– (a) by the production of a copy of the London Gazette purporting to contain the proclamation or statutory (b) by the production of a copy of the proclamation or statutory instrument purporting to be printed by the Queen’s Printer or under the superintendence of The Government of Belize’s Stationery Office, or under the authority of the Governor-General or of the National Assembly or of either house thereof; or (c) by the production, in the case of any proclamation or statutory instrument issued by The Government of Belize of a copy or extract purporting to be certified to be true , in the case of any proclamation Schedule I. or statutory instrument issued by or under the authority of any of those departments or officers, by the production of a copy or extract purporting to be certified to be true by the person or persons specified in the second column of Schedule I in connection with that department or officer. (2) Any copy or extract made under this section may be in (3) No proof shall be required of the handwriting or official position of any person certifying, in pursuance of this section, to the truth of any copy of or extract from the proclamation or statutory CAP. 1. (4) In this section, “statutory instrument” has the meaning given to that term by section 1 of the Statutory Instruments Act of 1946 and includes “subsidiary legislation” as defined in the Interpretation Act.