376Evidence on trials for perjury

376 Evidence on trials for perjury On the trial of a person charged with an indictable offence of which the giving of false testimony by any person at the trial of a person charged with an offence is an element, a certificate setting out the substance and effect only, without the formal parts of the charge, and the proceedings at the trial and purporting to be signed by the officer having the custody of the records of the court where the charge was tried, or by his deputy, is sufficient evidence of the trial without proof of the signature or official character of the person who appears to have signed the certificate.