Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep (Amendment) Act, 1935

Recovery of levy under Section 19 of the Principal Act.

13.—In any proceedings against a registered proprietor brought by the Minister to recover from such registered proprietor the amount of a levy payable by him to the Minister under section 19 of the Principal Act, a certificate sealed with the official seal of the Minister and certifying the following matters, that is to say:—

(a) the amount of the levy payable by such registered proprietor to the Minister under section 19 of the Principal Act in respect of specified registered premises of such registered proprietor for a specified month, and

(b) that the Minister duly made a certificate in pursuance of sub-section (3) of the said section 19 certifying that the said amount was the amount of the said levy so payable by such registered proprietor, and

(c) that a copy of such certificate was duly served on such registered proprietor in accordance with sub-section (3) of the said section 19 , and

(d) that the said amount so payable, by such registered proprietor is unpaid,

shall, until the contrary is proved, be accepted as sufficient evidence of the said matters so stated in such certificate.