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Certificate of the sentence of transportation to be forwarded by the clerk of the court where the sentence was passed, and to be sufficient evidence, &c.
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18. The clerk of the court or other officer having the custody of the records of the court where any such sentence or order of transportation or banishment shall have been passed or made, or his deputy, shall, at the request of any person on behalf of his Majesty, make out and give a certificate in writing, signed by him, containing the effect and substance only (omitting the formal part) of any indictment, information, and conviction of such offender, and of the sentence or order for his or her transportation or banishment, (not taking for the same more than the sum of six shillings and eightpence,) which certificate shall be sufficient evidence of the conviction and sentence or order for the transportation or banishment of such offender; and every such certificate, if made by the clerk or officer of any court in Ireland or by his deputy, shall be received in evidence upon proof of the signature of the person signing the same; and every such certificate, if made by the clerk or officer of any court out of Ireland, shall be received in evidence, if verified by the seal of the court, or by the signature of the judge or of one of the judges of such court, without further proof.
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