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Evidence in proceedings.
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55.—(1) In any proceedings, unless the court sees good reason to the contrary—
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(a) a document appearing to be a warrant issued by a judicial authority in a place in relation to which this Part applies for the arrest of a person for an offence may, if the signature on the warrant is verified as indicated in subsection (1) of section 54, be admitted in evidence as such warrant and as having been duly signed and issued by a judicial authority in accordance with the law of that place;
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(b) a document appearing to be a copy of a summons to which paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 51 relates and to be certified in accordance with subsection (3) of section 54 may be admitted as evidence of such summons and a document appearing to be a copy of an affidavit or other declaration of service of the summons may be admitted as evidence of service;
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(c) a certificate appearing to be given in accordance with subsection (2) of section 54 may be admitted as evidence of the matters certified therein,
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without further evidence.
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(2) In any proceedings, a warrant purporting to be endorsed by the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been duly endorsed without proof of the signature of the person purporting to have endorsed it or that he is such Commissioner or that, before endorsing it, there was produced to him the affidavit referred to in subsection (1) of section 54.
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