403Admissibility of documents in evidence

#### 403 Admissibility of documents in evidence (1) Where a document is by this Act declared to be admissible in evidence, it shall, on production from the proper custody, be admissible in evidence in any court, or before any person having by law or consent of parties authority to receive evidence, and, subject to all just exceptions, shall be evidence of the matters stated therein in pursuance of this Act or in pursuance of any duty under this Act. (2) A copy of, or extract from, any such document shall also be admissible in evidence if: (a) it is proved to be an examined copy or extract; or (b) it purports to be signed and certified as a true copy or extract by the officer to whose custody the original document was entrusted; and that officer shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, furnish a copy or extract so certified to any person applying for it. (3) Where a document is by this Act declared to be admissible in evidence, a copy of, or an extract from, the document certified by a proper authority, by writing under his or her hand, to be a copy of, or an extract from, that document is, in all courts, admissible in evidence without further proof or production of the original. (4) Unless the contrary is proved, a certificate purporting to have been signed by a proper authority shall be deemed to have been signed by the person by whom it purports to be signed and that person shall be deemed to be a proper authority.