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(8) A certificate purporting to be signed by a person's commanding officer or by
an officer purporting to be authorised to give the certificate, and stating the contents
of, or of any part of, standing orders or other routine orders of a continuing nature
made for—
(a) any formation or unit or body of men and women of the Defence
Forces;
(b) any command or other area, garrison or place; or
(c) any aircraft, ship or train,
shall in proceedings against that person be evidence of the matters stated in the
certificate.
(9) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Defence Council that any unit is a
unit of the Defence Forces shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated therein.
(10) A certificate purporting to be signed by a person's commanding officer
stating that such person is or is not a member of any unit of the Defence Forces
shall, in proceedings against such person, be evidence of the facts stated in such
certificate.
207. Proof of outcome of civil trial
(1) If a person who is subject to this Act has been tried by a civil court (whether
at the time of the trial the person was subject to this Act or not), a certificate of
the court—
(a) that the person has been tried by the court for a particular offence;
(b) as to the result of the trial;
(c) as to what judgment or order was given or made by the court; or
(d) that other specified offences were taken into consideration at the trial,
shall for the purposes of this Act be evidence of the matters so certified.
(2) A document purporting to be a certificate under this section and to be signed
by a judge or a magistrate shall, unless the contrary is shown, be taken to be such
a certificate.
208. Evidence of proceedings of court-martial
(1) The original proceedings of a court-martial purporting to be signed by the
presiding officer of the court shall, on production from proper custody, be admissible
in evidence before a court-martial or a civil court.
(2) A document purporting to be a copy of the, record of the proceedings of a
court-martial or of any part thereof and to be certified to be a true copy by a person
stated in the document properly to have the custody of the record shall be evidence
of the record or of that part thereof.
209. Trial of offence after offender ceases to be subject to Act
(1) Subject to section 211, if a person who is subject to this Act has committed,
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