Milk and Dairies Act, 1935

Evidence of contents of registers of dairymen.

29.—(1) The register of dairymen kept by a sanitary authority shall be—

(a) deemed to be in proper custody when in the custody of an officer of such sanitary authority authorised in that behalf by such sanitary authority, and

(b) admissible in evidence without further proof, on production from the proper custody.

(2) Prima facie evidence of any entry in the register of dairymen kept by a sanitary authority may be given in any Court or any legal proceedings by the production of a copy of such entry purporting to be certified to be a true copy by an officer of such sanitary authority authorised in that behalf, and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of such officer or that he was in fact such officer or was so authorised.

(3) A certificate purporting to be under the hand of an officer of a sanitary authority authorised in that behalf that a specified person was not during a specified time registered in the register of dairymen kept by such sanitary authority shall in any legal proceedings be prima facie evidence of the facts so certified, and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of such officer, or that he was such officer or was so authorised.

(4) A certificate purporting to be under the hand of an officer of a sanitary authority authorised in that behalf that specified premises were not during a specified time entered in the register of dairymen kept by such sanitary authority shall in any legal proceedings be prima facie evidence of the facts so certified, and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of such officer or that he was such officer or was so authorised.