Maritime Security Act 2004
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Evidence. |
8.—(1) In any proceedings relating to an offence under section 2 a certificate purporting to be signed by an officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs and certifying that— | |
(a) a passport was issued by the Department to a specified person on a specified date, and | ||
(b) to the best of the officer's knowledge and belief, the person has not ceased to be an Irish citizen, | ||
is admissible in any proceedings, without further proof, as evidence that the person was an Irish citizen on the date on which the offence under section 2 with which the person is charged was committed, unless the contrary is shown. | ||
(2) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Director of Public Prosecutions or by a person authorised by the Director in that behalf and stating any of the matters specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 7 (4) is evidence of the facts stated in the certificate, unless the contrary is shown. | ||
(3) A document purporting to be a certificate under subsection (1) or (2) is deemed, unless the contrary is shown— | ||
(a) to be such a certificate, | ||
(b) to have been signed by the person purporting to have signed it, and | ||
(c) in the case of a certificate under subsection (2) purporting to be signed by a person authorised by the Director of Public Prosecutions in that behalf, to have been signed by such a person. |