47Evidence of facts by certificate

47 Evidence of facts by certificate

For the purpose of legal proceedings within Australia, the Minister may, by writing under his hand, certify that: (a) on a date specified in the certificate a person named in the certificate was a member of the Defence Force attached temporarily to the forces of a country specified in the certificate, being a country in relation to which section 116B of the Act applies; (b) on that date a service tribunal specified in the certificate, being a service tribunal of that country, passed a sentence, or imposed a punishment, set out in the certificate on the person named in the certificate; and (c) the sentence or punishment, or such part of it as is specified in the certificate, has not been executed or enforced; and the certificate is, upon its production in those proceedings, sufficient evidence of the facts so certified, unless the contrary is proved.