Cross-Border Insolvency Act, 2000 (Act No. 42 of 2000)Chapter 3 : Recognition of Foreign Proceedings and Relief16. Presumptions concerning recognition |
| (1) | If the decision or certificate referred to in section 15(2) indicates that the foreign proceedings are proceedings within the meaning of section 1(g) and that the foreign representative is a person or body within the meaning of section 1(h) , the court may so presume. |
| (2) | The court may presume that documents submitted in support of the application for recognition are authentic, whether or not they have been legalised. |
| (3) | In the absence of proof to the contrary, the debtor's registered office, or habitual residence in the case of an individual, is presumed to be the centre of the debtor's main interests. |