Evidence—certificate and copies of documents
197 Evidence—certificate and copies of documents
A signed certificate to the effect that:
anything required or permitted by this Act or the 1952 Act to be done or not to be done had or had not been done on a date specified in the certificate; or
a document in the Patent Office or its library was available for public inspection on a date specified in the certificate;
is prima facie evidence of the matters in the certificate.
A signed copy of or signed extract from the Register is admissible in any proceedings as if it were the original.
A signed copy of or signed extract from a document in the Patent Office or its library is admissible in any proceedings as if it were the original.
In this section:
signed means signed by the Commissioner.
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