(2) A summons issued in terms of subsection (1) may be served in Zimbabwe in the same ma nner as if it had been originally issued or subsequently endorsed by a court having jurisdiction in the place where the person happens to be. (3) At the hearing it shall be open to the person on whom the summons was served to raise any d efence which he might have raised in the original proceedings had he been a party thereto, but no other defence, and the certificate from the court which made the provisional order stating the grounds on which the making of the order might have been opposed if the person against whom the order was made had been a party to the proceedings shall be conclusive evidence that those grounds are grounds on which objection may be taken. (4) If at the hearing the person served with the summons does not appear, or on appearing fails to sa tisfy the court that the order ought not to be confirmed, the court may confirm the order either without modifications or with such modifications as to the court, after hearing the evidence, may seem just. (5) If the person against whom the summons was issued appears at the hearing and satisfies the court that for the purpose of any defence it is necessary to remit the case to the court which made the provisional order for the taking of any further evidence, the court may so remit the case and adjourn the proceedings for the purpose. (6) Where a provisional order has been confirmed under this section, the clerk of the maintenance court concerned shall register the order and, upon registration, subsections (5) and (7) of section 6 and sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 27 of the Maintenance Act [Chapter 5:09] shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in relation to such order as if it were an order made in terms of section 6 of that Act. (7) Where upon an application to vary or discharge an order confirmed under this section the confirming court is satisfied that it is necessary to remit the case to the court which originally made the order, the confirming court may so remit the case and adjourn the proceedings for the purpose. 7 Regulations (1) The Minister may by regulation prescribe all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed or which in his opinion are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act. (2) In the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by subsection (1), the Minister may provide for— (a) the forms of any orders, process or certificate made, issued or given in terms of this Act; (b) the manner in which cases and applications may be remitted or referred by maintenance courts to courts in reciprocating countries; (c) generally, facilitating communication between maintenance courts and courts in reciprocating countries for the purposes of this Act. 8 Proof of documents signed by officers of court Any document purporting to be signed by a judge or officer of a court outside Zimbabwe shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been so signed without proof of the signature or judicial or official character of the person appearing to have signed it, and the officer of a court by whom a document is signed shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been the proper officer of the court to sign the document. 9 Depositions to be evidence Depositions taken in a court in a reciprocating country for the purposes of this Act may be received in evidence in proceedings before any court in Zimbabwe under this Act. 10 Application of this Act to reciprocating countries Whenever the President is satisfied that reciprocal provisions have been made by the legislative or other competent authority of any territory within the Commonwealth or of any other State for the enforcement within such territory or other State of maintenance orders made by courts in Zimbabwe, he may, by statutory instrument, declare that this Act shall apply to maintenance orders made by courts within such territory or other State, and thereupon this Act shall apply to such maintenance orders.