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In forceCertificate by Minister to be evidence
Part 3Miscellaneous
26 Certificate by Minister to be evidence
(1)
In any proceedings for an offence against this Act, a certificate by the Minister stating that a place specified in the certificate is a place—
(a)
in territorial waters of the State; or
(b)
in a specified protected zone, is proof, in the absence of proof to the contrary, of the matters stated in the certificate.
(2)
An apparently genuine document purporting to be a certificate of the Minister under this section will, in the absence of proof that it is not such a certificate, be accepted as such in any proceedings for an offence against this Act.
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