Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)Chapter XII : Evidence73. Certificates of registrar to be prima facie evidence |
| (1) | A certificate purporting to be signed by the registrar, to the effect that any entry authorized by this Act to be made, has or has not been made or that any other thing so authorized to be done has or has not been done, shall be prima facie evidence of the matters specified in that certificate. |
| (2) | A copy or an extract purporting to be a copy of an entry in the register or of a document kept at the patent office or an extract from the register or any such document, and purporting to be certified by the registrar and to be sealed with the seal of the patent office, shall be admitted in evidence before the commissioner and in all courts without further proof or production of the originals. |
| (3) | If any document or book bears a date purporting to be the date on which it became available to the public, that date shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be the date on which it became so available. |