Mental Treatment Act, 1945

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Reception of minutes of proceedings at meeting of joint board as evidence, etc.

99.—(1) All minutes of the proceedings at a meeting of a joint 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 the minutes purport to be signed or that such person was in fact the chairman of the meeting at which the minutes purport to be signed) be received in all legal proceedings as prima facie evidence of the proceedings at the meeting to which the minutes relate and as prima facie evidence that such meeting was convened, held, and conducted according to law.

(2) A copy of a resolution passed or order made at a meeting of a joint board purporting to be certified by the chief clerk to the joint board to be a true copy of the resolution or order shall be received in all legal proceedings as prima facie evidence of the passing of the resolution or the making of the order (as the case may be) and of the terms thereof without proof of the signature of the person by whom the copy purports to be so certified or that he was in fact such chief clerk.