52CPossession of document or copy by Registrar

52C Possession of document or copy by Registrar

[Section 52C Inserted by No. 46 of 2015, s. 31, Applied:27 Nov 2015]

(1)  If the Registrar has possession of a document, the Registrar may retain that document for so long as is necessary for the purposes of this Act.

(2)  An entity otherwise entitled to possession of a document retained by the Registrar is entitled to be provided with a copy of it, certified by the Registrar to be a true copy, as soon as practicable after the person requests a copy.

(3)  A copy of a document certified as a true copy under subsection (2) is to be received in all courts and elsewhere as evidence of the matters contained in the copy as if it were the original document.