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Giving of registers in evidence.
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129.—(1) Every register kept in pursuance of this Part of this Act shall be received in evidence without further proof in any legal proceedings on being produced as such register by an officer of the Gárda Síochána.
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(2) Every document purporting to be a copy of an entry in a register kept in pursuance of this Part of this Act and purporting to be certified by an officer of the Gárda Síochána to be a true copy of such entry shall, without proof of the signature of the person purporting so to certify or that he was such officer, be received in evidence in any legal proceedings and shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be a true copy of such entry and to be evidence of the terms of such entry.
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(3) Every register kept in pursuance of this Part of this Act shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any person on payment of such fee, not exceeding one shilling, as shall from time to time be fixed by the Commissioner with the consent of the Minister.
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(4) Any person shall be entitled to obtain from the Commissioner a copy, certified in writing by an officer of the Gárda Síochána to be a true copy, of any entry in any register kept in pursuance of this Part of this Act on payment therefor of such fee, not exceeding sixpence for every folio or part of a folio of seventy-two words contained in such copy, as shall from time to time be fixed by the Commissioner with the consent of the Minister.
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(5) A certificate purporting to be signed by an officer of the Gárda Síochána and to certify that on a specified day or days or during the whole of a specified period that—
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(a) a public service vehicle licence was in force in respect of a specified public service vehicle, or
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(b) no public service vehicle licence was in force in respect of a specified public service vehicle, or
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(c) a specified person was the holder (as the case may be) of a public service vehicle licence then in force or of a driver's licence then in force or of a conductor's licence then in force, or
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(d) a specified person was not the holder (as the case may be) of a public service vehicle licence or of a driver's licence or of a conductor's licence, or
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(e) a specified public service vehicle licence, driver's licence, or conductor's licence was revoked or suspended,
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shall without proof of the signature of the person purporting to sign such certificate or that he was an officer of the Gárda Síochána, be evidence until the contrary is proved of such of the matters aforesaid as are purported to be certified in and by such certificate.
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