Certificates are evidence
27 Certificates are evidence
In a prosecution for an offence under this Act or any other Act or law, a certificate which purports to be signed by a presiding officer stating that—
a person is an authorised officer; or
a direction under section 15 had or had not been given in respect of the exercise of a power or function which may be the subject of those proceedings—
is evidence, and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof, of the matters stated in the certificate.
All courts must take judicial notice of the signature of a presiding officer on a certificate referred to in subsection (1).
Pt 4 (Heading and ss 28–30) amended by No. 110/2003 s. 61(2), repealed by No. 28/2007 s. 3(Sch. item 50).
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