BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1995 - SECT 10
Execution of documents
BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1995 - SECT 10
Execution of documents
10 Execution of documents
(1) The Registrar may issue a certificate or other document under the
Registrar's signature and seal, or under a facsimile of the Registrar's
signature and seal produced by stamp or machine imprint or by some other
method authorised by the regulations.
(2) If a document produced before a
court or an administrative authority or official is apparently under--
(b) a facsimile of the Registrar's
signature and seal produced by stamp or machine imprint or by some other
method authorised by the regulations,
the court, authority or official must
presume, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the document was
properly issued under the Registrar's authority.
(3) Judicial notice is to be
taken of the Registrar's seal.