63Evidence of orders, &c.

63 Evidence of orders, &c. For the purposes of this Act: (a) the mere production of the Gazette or the Government Gazette of a State purporting to contain any instrument shall be prima facie evidence that the instrument was duly made, given or issued in the terms set out in the Gazette or in the Government Gazette and that the instrument is in force; and (b) the mere production of a document purporting to be an extract from the Gazette or the Government Gazette of a State, purporting to be printed or published by the Government Printer for the Territory or for the State, as the case may be, and purporting to contain any instrument shall be prima facie evidence that the instrument was duly made, given or issued to the effect of or in the terms set out in the extract, was published in the Gazette or the Government Gazette, as the case may be, and is in force.