11. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 49a, and shall have effect as section 49b of the principal Act: -
| 49B. In any legal proceedings in respect of any offence under this Act, any of the following documents may be produced in court and given in evidence against any accused and shall be prima facie evidence of the matters, transactions or accounts therein contained: -
| | (a) a certified copy of a banker's book or of any extract thereof obtained from the manager or principal accountant of the bank; | | |
| | (b) a certified copy of any book or other record required by law to be maintained by a company or a certified copy of any extract thereof, obtained from a director or secretary of the company and | | |
| | (c) a certified copy of any document or of an extract thereof in the proper custody of an officer of a foreign Government, and obtained from such officer". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts