Baptist Union Incorporation Act 1902

A copy of any by-law, and of any document notifying the consent thereto of any church whose property shall not be held upon the Union Trusts, and of the minutes of the Assembly and Council and of any church, purporting to be certified by the Secretary or President of the Union to be a true copy of such by-law, minute, or document shall be received in all courts, and in all legal proceedings whatsoever as prima facie evidence of such by-law, minute, or document, or consent, and of the same having been duly made or given, and of the matters, acts, and proceedings of the Assembly, or Council, or church recorded therein; and the Secretary of the Union is hereby empowered, and required to supply upon demand, and upon the payment of the fee (if any) prescribed by the Council, a certified copy of any such by-law to every person who shall apply to him for it.