Yes. CPC (Civil Procedure Code) Art. 179. (1) Official document, issued by the officials within their competence according to the established form and procedure, constitutes evidence as for the statements made in their presence and actions done by them or in their presence. (2) Formally certified copies or extracts from official documents have the same evidentiary effect as the originals. In accordance with Art. 93 NC (Notary Code), Notary is an official. [Art. 93. The words and phrases mentioned below in the Code should be interpreted as follows: “an official” is the officer, paid or not, temporarily or continually, who is assigned: a) a job in a Government Institution except the ones carrying out material tasks; b) Managing position or position connected to keeping or managing private property in the State Institution, cooperation, public organisation, other legal entity, or entrepreneur, as well as notary, assistant notary, private bailiff or assistant private bailiff.]
1. In your legal system, does the authentic instrument have enhanced probative value? What are the rules that provide that?
