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LIBRARY BOARD OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA ACT 1951 - SECT 13

13 .         Proof of certain matters not required

        (1)         In any prosecution or legal proceeding under the provisions of this Act or the regulations instituted by or under the direction of the Board, no proof shall be required, until evidence is given to the contrary, of —

            (a)         the constitution of the Board;

            (b)         any order of the Board to prosecute;

            (c)         the particular or general appointment of any officer or the Board to take proceedings against any person;

            (d)         the powers of the officer to prosecute;

            (e)         the appointment of the Chairman or of any nominee member or officer of the Board; or

            (f)         the presence of a quorum at any meeting at which any order is made or any act is done by the Board.

        (2)         The production of —

            (a)         a copy of the Government Gazette containing any regulation, declaration, order, or notice purporting to have been made or given under any of the provisions of this Act; or

            (b)         a copy purporting to be a true copy of any such regulation, declaration, order or notice certified as such under the hand of the Chairman or an authorised officer of the Board,

                shall be evidence until the contrary is proved of the due making, existence, confirmation, approval and giving of such regulation, declaration, order or notice and of all preliminary steps necessary to give full force and effect to the same.

        [Section 13 amended by No. 75 of 1987 s. 6.]



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