sec.126Evidentiary provisions

### sec.126 Evidentiary provisions In proceedings under this Act— it shall not be necessary to prove the appointment of the Minister, the police commissioner, any police officer, the chief executive, any inspector or any officer of the department; and a signature purporting to be that of any person in any capacity referred to in paragraph (a) shall be taken to be the signature it purports to be until the contrary is proved; and a document or writing purporting to be a copy of any direction, notice, requirement, order or requisition given or made under this Act or of any licence (including any provisional licence) granted or issued under this Act shall be evidence of the direction, notice, requirement, order, requisition or licence of which it purports to be a copy and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, shall be conclusive such evidence; and a document or writing purporting to be made by an inspector and to be a copy of or an extract from a register mentioned in section 100C shall be evidence of the particulars in the register of which it purports to be a copy or extract and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, shall be conclusive such evidence; and a certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive certifying that at a specified time or during a specified period there was or was not in force under this Act a licence of a specified kind shall be evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, conclusive evidence of the matters contained in the certificate; and the authority of a person to accept service of documents on behalf of another shall be presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary; and the averment that any person is of a specified age or is under or over a specified age shall be sufficient evidence of the fact until the contrary is proved. s 126 amd 1995 No. 6 s 2 sch ; 2002 No. 43 s 112 sch 2 ; 2004 No. 21 s 123 sch ; 2024 No. 10 s 83 - (a) it shall not be necessary to prove the appointment of the Minister, the police commissioner, any police officer, the chief executive, any inspector or any officer of the department; and - (b) a signature purporting to be that of any person in any capacity referred to in paragraph (a) shall be taken to be the signature it purports to be until the contrary is proved; and - (c) a document or writing purporting to be a copy of any direction, notice, requirement, order or requisition given or made under this Act or of any licence (including any provisional licence) granted or issued under this Act shall be evidence of the direction, notice, requirement, order, requisition or licence of which it purports to be a copy and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, shall be conclusive such evidence; and - (d) a document or writing purporting to be made by an inspector and to be a copy of or an extract from a register mentioned in section 100C shall be evidence of the particulars in the register of which it purports to be a copy or extract and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, shall be conclusive such evidence; and - (e) a certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive certifying that at a specified time or during a specified period there was or was not in force under this Act a licence of a specified kind shall be evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, conclusive evidence of the matters contained in the certificate; and - (f) the authority of a person to accept service of documents on behalf of another shall be presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary; and - (g) the averment that any person is of a specified age or is under or over a specified age shall be sufficient evidence of the fact until the contrary is proved.