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Navigation Act 1912
401Proof of certificates and other documents
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#### 401 Proof of certificates and other documents
(1) All certificates and other documents purporting to be issued in pursuance of this Act by any official, and to be signed by that official, shall be taken to have been so issued and signed unless the contrary is proved.
(2) Every document purporting to be an office copy of any such certificate or other document, and to be signed in the manner required, shall be admissible in evidence, and shall be deemed to be a true copy of the original.
(3) In proving the transmission of any such certificate or other document to any person required by this Act to possess such a certificate or other document, it shall be sufficient to prove that it:
(a) was duly received by some officer in the public service, and was delivered by such officer to or left at the place of abode or business of such person; or
(b) was forwarded to the person by registered letter.
(4) In this section:
> certificate includes a licence issued to a pilot under regulations made under section 186C.