Indemnity Act, 1923
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Certificate of Executive Minister to be in evidence of certain matters. |
2.—(1) A statement in writing signed by an Executive Minister certifying any of the matters mentioned in this section shall be conclusive evidence of the matters so certified, that is to say, | |
(a) that any act, matter, or thing complained of in any such action or other legal proceeding as is mentioned in section 1 of this Act was done in the execution of the duty of the person by whom it was done; | ||
(b) that at the time when any such act, matter, or thing as aforesaid was done, the person by whom or under whose authority the same was done held office under or was employed in the service of the Provisional Government or of the Government of Saorstát Eireann. | ||
(2) Any such act, matter, or thing as aforesaid, if done by or under the authority of a person holding office under or employed in the service of the Provisional Government or of the Government of Saorstát Eireann shall be deemed to have been done in good faith unless the contrary is proved. |