Saint Laurence's Hospital Act, 1943

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Prima facie evidence of meetings, resolutions and instruments.

20.—(1) All minutes of the proceedings at a meeting of the Board which purport to be signed by the chairman of such meeting or by the chairman of the next subsequent meeting of the Board shall (without proof of the signature of the person by whom such minutes purport to be signed or that such person was in fact the chairman of the meeting at which such minutes purport to have been signed) be received in all legal proceedings as prima facie evidence of the proceedings at the meeting to which such minutes relate and as prima facie evidence that such meeting was duly convened and held and that the proceedings thereat were duly transacted according to law.

(2) A copy of a resolution passed or an instrument made at a meeting of the Board which purports to be certified by an officer of the Board authorised by the Board in that behalf, to be a true copy of such resolution or instrument shall be received in all legal proceedings as prima facie evidence of the passing of such resolution or the making of such instrument (as the case may be) and of the terms thereof without proof of the signature of the person by whom such copy purports to be so certified or that he was in fact an officer of the Board so authorised.

In this sub-section the word “instrument” means any instrument in writing.