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PREVENTION OF CRIMES ACT 1871 - SECT 18

Evidence of previous conviction.

18. A previous conviction may be proved in any legal proceeding whatever
against any person by producing a record or extract of such conviction, and by
giving proof of the identity of the person against whom the conviction is
sought to be proved with the person appearing in the record or extract of
conviction to have been convicted.

A record or extract of a conviction shall in the case of an indictable offence
consist of a certificate containing the substance and effect only (omitting
the formal part of the indictment and conviction), and purporting to be signed
by the clerk of the court or other officer having the custody of the records
of the court by which such conviction was made, or purporting to be signed by
the deputy of such clerk or officer; and in the case of a summary conviction
shall consist of a copy of such conviction purporting to be signed by any
justice of the peace having jurisdiction over the offence in respect of which
such conviction was made, or to be signed by the proper officer of the court
by which such conviction was made, or by the clerk or other officer of any
court to which such conviction has been returned.

A record or extract of any conviction made in pursuance of this section shall
be admissible in evidence without proof of the signature or official character
of the person appearing to have signed the same.

A previous conviction in any one part of the United Kingdom may be proved
against a prisoner in any other part of the United Kingdom; and a conviction
before the passing of this Act shall be admissible in the same manner as if it
had taken place after the passing thereof.

A fee not exceeding [25p] may be charged for a record of a conviction given in
pursuance of this section.

The mode of proving a previous conviction authorized by this section shall be
in addition to and not in exclusion of any other authorized mode of proving
such conviction.

S.19 rep. by 1916 c.50 s.48(1) sch.

Interpretation.

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