Trustee Savings Banks Act, 1989

Amendment of Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1879.

59.—Section 9 (inserted by the Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1959) of the Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1879 , is hereby amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (d):

“(d) a trustee savings bank within the meaning of the Trustee Savings Banks Act, 1989;”,

and

(b) by the insertion after subsection (4) (inserted by the Central Bank Act, 1971 ) of the following subsection:

“(5) A certificate that—

(a) purports to be signed by an officer of the Central Bank, and

(b) certifies that a licence was granted under section 10 of the Trustee Savings Banks Act, 1989, in respect of a specified trustee savings bank (within the meaning of that Act),

shall be prima facie evidence of the licence for the purposes of this Act, and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of the officer or that he was in fact an officer of the Central Bank.”.