South Australian Consolidated Acts

BUSINESS NAMES ACT 1996 - SECT 32

32—Evidentiary provision

        (1)         An apparently genuine document purporting to be under the seal of the Commission and to be certifying—

            (a)         that a business name was or was not registered under this Act or the repealed Act at a specified date; or

            (b)         as to any matter contained in the register under this Act or the repealed Act,

is to be accepted in legal proceedings, in the absence of proof to the contrary, as proof of the matter so certified.

        (2)         An apparently genuine document purporting to be a copy of a document lodged with the Commission under this Act or the repealed Act and to be certified by the Commission as a true copy of the document is to be accepted in any legal proceedings, in the absence of proof to the contrary, as a true copy of the document.