Evidentiary provisions
98 Evidentiary provisions
The Share Register is evidence of any particulars registered in it.
If the Share Register is wholly or partly kept by means of a computer, a document issued by the Secretary producing in writing particulars included in the Share Register, or the part kept by means of a computer, is admissible in legal proceedings as evidence of those particulars.
A copy of the Share Register or an entry in the Share Register is, if purporting to be signed by the Secretary, admissible in evidence in legal proceedings as if the copy were the original.
A copy of a document, or part of a document, retained by the Secretary under section 91B (Paper-based registration of dealings) is, if purporting to be signed by the Secretary, admissible in evidence in legal proceedings as if the copy were the original.
The Secretary must, on application made by a person in a form approved by the Secretary, provide the person with a document or copy that is admissible in legal proceedings because of this section.
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