30Evidentiary provisions

### 30 Evidentiary provisions > *\[Section 30 Amended by No. 9 of 1982, s. 7 and Sched. 10 \]* > > > (1)  The Commissioner may, by writing under his hand, certify – > > > > > > (a) that, on a date specified in the certificate, an association so specified was, or was not, an incorporated association; or > > > > > > > (b) that, on a date specified in the certificate, a person so specified was, or was not, the public officer of an incorporated association so specified – > > > > and such a certificate is, in all courts and for all purposes, evidence of the matter stated in the certificate. > > > (2)  In any legal proceedings, a copy of any rules or trusts of an incorporated association, certified by the Commissioner to be a true copy thereof, is evidence that the rules or trusts were rules or trusts, as the case may be, of the association therein mentioned, and were in force on the date mentioned in the Commissioner's certificate. > > > (3)  Judicial notice shall be taken of the signature of the Commissioner appearing on a certificate under this section and of the fact that the person by whom the certificate purports to have been signed is the Commissioner.