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 * (b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or both.

9.—(1) For the purposes of this Part of this Act, a document duly authenticated which purports to be—
 * (a) an order or other document issued by a court of the United Kingdom (other than a Scottish court) shall be sufficient evidence of any matter to which it relates;
 * (b) a copy of such an order or other document shall be deemed without further proof to be a true copy unless the contrary is shown, and shall be sufficient evidence of any matter to which it relates.

(2) A document is duly authenticated for the purposes of—
 * (a) subsection (1)(a) above if it purports to bear the seal of that court;
 * (b) subsection (1)(b) above if it purports to be certified by any person in his capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of that court to be a true copy.

10. In any proceedings in relation to an offence under this Part of this Act it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is shown, that the child named in the order referred to in section 6(1) above, or in any copy thereof, is the child in relation to whom the proceedings have been taken.

11.—(1) At the end of paragraph 1(b) of the Schedule to the Visiting Forces Act 1952 (definition of “offence against the person”), there shall be inserted, appropriately numbered—
 * “ the Child Abduction Act 1984.”.

(2) After paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Firearms Act 1968 there shall be inserted—
 * “2A. Offences under Part I of the Child Abduction Act 1984 (abduction of children).”.