Indemnity Act, 1924

Certificate of Executive Minister to be 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, 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 such act, matter, or thing as aforesaid was done, the person by whom or under whose authority the same was done held office under the First Dáil Eireann or the Second Dáil Eireann or was employed in a service established or maintained by or under the authority of the First Dáil Eireann or the Second Dáil Eireann.

(2) Any such act, matter, or thing as aforesaid if done by or under the authority of a person holding office under the First Dáil Eireann or the Second Dáil Eireann or employed in a service established or maintained by or under the authority of the First Dáil Eireann or the Second Dáil Eireann shall be deemed to have been done in good faith unless the contrary is proved.