Pigs and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1939

Evidence in proceedings by or against the Commission.

19.—(1) In any legal proceedings (including proceedings continued by this Act) by or against the Commission prima facie evidence of any order or regulation made by the Bacon Marketing Board, the Pigs Marketing Board or the Commission may be given by the production of a copy of the Iris Oifigiúil purporting to contain such order or regulation.

(2) A certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Secretary of the Commission certifying that a person named in such certificate was during a specified period a licensee shall be prima facie evidence of the matters so certified, and no proof shall be required of the handwriting or the official position of the person certifying the same.

(3) In any proceedings taken, by the Commission against a person who is or was a licensee prima facie evidence of all or any matters contained in a return made by or on behalf of such person in pursuance of section 112 or section 151 of the Act of 1935 or this Act may be given by the production of such return.