Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933

Custody of and evidence of contents of registers.

58.—(1) The registers shall respectively be—

(a) deemed to be in the proper custody when in the custody of the appropriate Minister or of any officer of that Minister authorised in that behalf by that Minister; and

(b) admissible in evidence without further proof on production from the proper custody.

(2) Prima facie evidence of any entry in any register may be given in any legal proceeding by the production of a copy of such entry certified to be a true copy under the seal of the appropriate Minister.

(3) A certificate under the seal of the appropriate Minister that any person specified in such certificate is not registered in any specified register or registers kept by that Minister shall in any legal proceeding be prima facie evidence of the facts so certified.

(4) Any person may—

(a) inspect any register on payment to the appropriate Minister of the fee of one shilling;

(b) obtain a copy, certified in manner hereinbefore mentioned to be a true copy, of any entry in any register on payment to the appropriate Minister of the fee of one shilling;

(c) obtain such certificate as is hereinbefore mentioned that any specified person is not registered in one of the said registers kept by the Minister for Industry and Commerce on payment to that Minister of the fee of one shilling;

(d) obtain such certificate as is hereinbefore mentioned that any specified person is not registered in one of the said registers kept by the Minister for Agriculture on payment to that Minister of the fee of one shilling.