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Evidence of contents of registers.
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13.—(1) Every register kept in pursuance of this Part of this Act shall—
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(a) be deemed to be in the proper custody when in the custody of the Minister or of an officer of the Minister authorised in that behalf by the Minister, and
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(b) be admissable in evidence without further proof, on production from the proper custody.
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(2) Prima facie evidence of any entry in any register kept in pursuance of this Part of this Act may be given in any court or any legal proceedings by the production of a copy of such entry purporting to be certified to be a true copy by an officer of the Minister authorised in that behalf by the Minister, and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of such officer or that he was in fact such officer or was so authorised.
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(3) A certificate purporting to be under the hand of an officer of the Minister authorised in that behalf by the Minister, that any person specified in such certificate is not entered in the register kept in pursuance of this Part of this Act which is specified in such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the matters so certified, and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of such officer, or that he was in fact such officer, or was so authorised.
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(4) Any person may—
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(a) inspect any register kept in pursuance of this Part of this Act on payment of a fee of one shilling;
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(b) obtain a copy, certified in the manner hereinbefore mentioned to be a true copy, of any entry in any such register on payment of a fee of sixpence for each folio or part of a folio of seventy-two words in such copy;
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(c) obtain such certificate as is hereinbefore mentioned that any person specified in such certificate is not registered in a specified register kept in pursuance of this Part of this Act on payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence for each such certificate.
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