14Evidence

14 Evidence

14 Evidence

(1) A certificate, given under the common seal of a body corporate constituted under this Act, that the land described in the certificate is community land of the community in respect of which the body corporate is constituted, which has endorsed thereon or annexed thereto the consent of the body corporate constituted by or under the Roman Catholic Church Trust Property Act 1936, for the diocese in which the land described in the certificate is situated, shall, whether or not any of the persons whose names are set out in Schedule 1 is at the commencement of this Act a trustee either alone or with others of such land, or was at any time before such commencement a trustee either original or substituted and either alone or with others of such land—

(a) be conclusive evidence of the fact so certified, for the purpose of any application by that body corporate to be registered as the proprietor pursuant to a vesting by this Act of land under the provisions of the Real Property Act 1900, of which a body corporate constituted by this Act is not registered proprietor, and

(b) be prima facie evidence of the fact so certified, for all purposes whether in civil or criminal proceedings or otherwise.

(2) Any such consent shall be conclusive evidence that the land in respect of which the consent is given is situated within the diocese for which the body corporate giving the consent was constituted.

s 14: Am 1948 No 2, sec 2 (f); 2001 No 11, Sch 1 [6].