Amendments retroactively made - see 25 of 1998 s. 2
A request for assistance sent to the Secretary for Justice by the appropriate authority of a designated country shall, unless the contrary is shown, be deemed to constitute the authority of the government of that country for the Secretary for Justice to act on its behalf in any proceedings in the Court of First Instance under section 29 of the Ordinance or any other provision of the Ordinance as applied by paragraph 3(2).