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The Position of the Law on Record of Court Proceedings


A  court  of law is  entitled  to  look  at  its  record  of  proceedings  on  any  matter  and  take notice  of  their  contents  even  though  they  may  not  be  formally  brought  before  the court  by  the  parties. Record of proceedings of a court is presumed to be correct until the contrary is proved. Any party challenging the court's record must swear to an affidavit setting out the facts or part of the proceedings omitted or wrongly stated in the records. Such affidavit is usually served on the Judge and or the Registrar of the court who would then if he desires to contest the affidavit swear to and file a counter affidavit. Whenever  there  is  a  clear  evidence  of  an  incorrect  record  of  proceedings  the  court  will  always  demand  that  the  correct proceeding  be  transmitted  in  accordance  with  laid  down  procedure  of  this  court.  But  the  person  asserting  incorrect  or  a faulty  record  of  proceedings  carries the  burden  of  not only  proving  the  incorrectness  of  the  proceedings, he  also  must supply clearly what the proceedings actually ought to be. To  posit  simply  that  the  proceedings  are  defective  without  more  is  not  enough,  it  must  be  clearly  indicated  in  the application  what  the  true  proceedings  are.  What  is  missing  or  what  is  a  surplusage [sic]  must  be  indicated. 


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