602Evidentiary provisions

602 Evidentiary provisions

(1) All courts must take judicial notice of the signature on an order or a document of the secretary of the Youth Parole Board or a member of the Youth Parole Board and, until the contrary is proved, must presume that the document was properly signed.

(2) A certificate purporting to be signed by the secretary of the Youth Parole Board and purporting to record any determination or decision of the Board on a matter—

(a) is admissible in evidence in any proceeding; and

(b) in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof of the making of that determination or decision by the Board.