Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)Chapter IX : Offences, Penal Provisions and Legal Procedure350. Admissibility of documents in evidence |
| (1) | Any document which is by this Act declared to be admissible in evidence shall on production from the proper custody be admissible in evidence, and shall be prima facie evidence of the particulars stated therein in pursuance of this Act or in pursuance of any duty under this Act. |
| (2) | A copy of or extract from any such document shall also be admissible in evidence and be prima facie evidence of the particulars stated in such copy or extract, if it purports to be signed and certified as a true copy or extract by the officer to whose custody the original document has been entrusted; and that officer shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee furnish a copy or extract so certified to any person applying for it. |