51Evidence of authority to institute proceedings

#### 51 Evidence of authority to institute proceedings (1) Where any taxation prosecution has been instituted by an officer in the name of the Commissioner or a Deputy Commissioner, the prosecution shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be deemed to have been instituted by the authority of the Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be. (2) The production of a telegram purporting to have been sent by the Commissioner or a Deputy Commissioner and purporting to authorize an officer to institute any taxation prosecution or proceedings shall be admissible as evidence in the prosecution or proceedings, and shall be accepted as evidence of the authority of the officer to institute the prosecution or proceedings in the name of the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be.