Milk (Regulation of Supply and Price) (Amendment) Act, 1941

Evidence.

33.—(1) A certificate purporting to be under the hand of the secretary of a board certifying that a person named in such certificate was during a specified period registered in a particular register kept by such board under the Principal Act or was not so registered shall be prima facie evidence of the matters so certified, and no proof shall be required of the handwriting or official position of the person certifying the same.

(2) In any proceedings under Part II of the Principal Act or this Act against a person who is or was a registered producer or a registered retailer or a registered wholesaler, prima facie evidence of all or any matters contained in a return made by or on behalf of such person in pursuance of section 34 or section 41 of the Principal Act may be given by the production of such return.