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Custody of and evidence of con tents of registers.
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27.—(1) Every register shall be—
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(a) deemed to be in the proper custody when in the custody of the Minister or of an officer of the Minister authorised in that behalf by the Minister, and
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(b) admissible in evidence without further proof on production from the proper custody.
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(2) Prima facie evidence of any entry in a register 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 the Minister authorised in that behalf by the Minister, 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.
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(3) A certificate, purporting to be under the hand of an officer of the Minister authorised in that behalf by the Minister, that any person specified in such certificate is not registered in any specified register shall in any court or legal proceedings be prima facie evidence of the matters so certified, and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of such officer, or that he was in fact such officer, or was in fact so authorised.
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(4) Any person may—
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(a) obtain a copy, certified in manner hereinbefore mentioned to be a true copy, of any entry in a register kept in pursuance of this Act on payment to the Minister of a fee of sixpence for each folio of seventy-two words of the copy;
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(b) obtain such certificate as is hereinbefore mentioned that any specified person is not registered in a specified register or registers kept in pursuance of this Act on payment to the Minister of a fee of one shilling for each such certificate.
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