27Proof of facts by certificate

27 Proof of facts by certificate

(1) Where the designated authority of a country certifies in writing that a body, contingent or detachment of the forces of that country is, or was at a time specified in the certificate, present in Australia, that certificate is, in any proceedings in a court, conclusive evidence of the fact stated in the certificate. (3) Where in a certificate given for the purposes of this Act reference is made to a person by name and that certificate includes a description of the person named by reference to his or her physical characteristics and a court is satisfied that a person before it is a person having that name and answering to the description in the certificate, the certificate shall be deemed to refer to that person, unless the contrary is proved. (4) A document purporting to be a certificate, request or notification given or made for the purposes of a provision of this Act, and to be signed by an authority or person specified in the document, shall, upon its production in any proceedings in a court, be received in evidence and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be a certificate, request or notification given or made by that authority or person. (5) Where under a provision of this Act a certificate, request or notification is required or permitted to be given or made by the designated authority of a country, and a certificate, request or notification purports to be signed by a person described in that document as the designated authority of a country, that person shall, in any proceedings in a court, be deemed to be the designated authority of that country for the purposes of that provision, unless the contrary is proved.