New Zealand Legislation: Acts

13 Record of proceedings to be kept by Registrar

• (1) The Registrar of each court shall keep or cause to be kept such records of and in relation to proceedings in the court as may be prescribed by the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice.

  (2) Any entry in a book or other document required by the rules to be kept by the Registrar, or a copy thereof or extract therefrom sealed with the seal of the court and purporting to be signed and certified as a true copy or correct extract by the Registrar, shall at all times without further proof be admitted in all courts and places whatsoever as evidence of the entry and of the proceeding referred to thereby and of the regularity of that proceeding.

  (3) If the existence of a record of the court is in dispute the existence of such record shall be determined by the court.

  Compare: 1928 No 14 ss 17, 18, 93

  Section 13(1): amended, on 1 October 2003, pursuant to section 14(1) of the State Sector Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 41).

  Section 13(1): amended, on 1 July 1995, by section 10(1) of the Department of Justice (Restructuring) Act 1995 (1995 No 39).