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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 117

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 117

117 .         Proof of documents

        (1)         In all proceedings in which any notice, order or other document required or authorised to be given to or served on a party to the proceedings under this Act has to be proved, the party is deemed to have received notice to produce it, and, until the contrary is shown, that document and its due giving or service may be sufficiently proved by the production of what purports to be a copy, bearing what purports to be a certificate under the hand of the person authorised to issue the original that that copy is a true copy of the original and that the original was served on the date specified in the certificate.

        (2)         The validity of any notice, order or other document or of its giving or service is not affected by any error, misdescription or irregularity which —

            (a)         is not calculated to mislead; and

            (b)         in fact does not mislead.

        [Section 117 amended: No. 84 of 2004 s. 80.]