880. (1) This section applies where in any proceedings under, or for the purposes of, this Part or Parts 1 to 13 or Part 15 the incorporation, by virtue of any Act passed in any country, not being the State, of a corporation is alleged or is otherwise in issue.

(2) A copy of any Act by which a corporation is incorporated purporting—

(a) to be passed in any country prescribed for the purposes of this section, and

(b) to be published by the Government publishers of that country,

shall, without further proof, be prima facie evidence of the incorporation of the corporation.