Public Libraries Act, 1947

Seal.

14.—(1) The Council shall provide and keep a seal.

(2) The seal of the Council shall, when affixed to a document, be authenticated by the signature of the chairman or some other member authorised in that behalf by the Council.

(3) All courts of justice shall take judicial notice of the seal of the Council, and every document purporting to be sealed with the seal of the Council and to be authenticated in accordance with this section shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been duly and lawfully so sealed and be received in evidence without further proof and, in particular, without proof of any signature affixed to such document for the purpose of such authentication and without proof of the office or authority of the person whose signature such signature purports to be.