EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 69A
EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 69A
69A . WA registers, proof of
When by any Statute in
force in the State any person is required to keep any register, then any
register purporting or appearing to be kept pursuant to the Statute shall
(save in so far as the contrary may be proved) be deemed to be and be
admissible in evidence as a complete and accurate register and record and
—
(a) any
document purporting to be a copy of the register and to be certified as
correct by the person aforesaid; or
(b) a
Gazette containing what purports to be a copy of the register; or
(c) any
document purporting to be a copy of the register and to be printed or
published by the Government Printer or by the authority of the Government of
the State,
shall be prima facie
evidence of the contents of the register as existing on the date when the
document or Gazette purports to have been certified, printed, published or
issued, and the production thereof in any court or before any person shall
(save in so far as it may be proved not to be a true copy) be equivalent to
the production of the original register.
[Section 69A inserted: No. 16 of 1913 s. 4;
amended: No. 13 of 2021 s. 61.]