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| (1) Every document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by the Commissioner, in pursuance of any provision of this Act, or any regulation made thereunder, and to be signed by him or on his behalf, shall be received in evidence and shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be an instrument made or issued by him. |
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| (2) Prima facie evidence of any instrument referred to in sub-section (1) may, in any legal proceedings, be given by the production of a document purporting to be certified to be a true copy of the instrument by, or on behalf of, the Commissioner. |
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| (3) In this section, the expression " instrument " includes any identity card, certificate, direction or other instrument. |
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