Singapore legislation
Section 45
Section 45
Evidence of register, documents, etc.
(1)
The register is prima facie evidence of anything required or authorised by this Act or the rules to be registered.
(2)
A certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar and certifying that any entry which the Registrar is authorised by this Act or any of its rules to make has or has not been made, or that any other thing which the Registrar is so authorised to do has or has not been done, is prima facie evidence of the matter so certified.
(3)
Each of the following, that is to say —
a copy of an entry in the register or an extract from the register which is supplied under section 42(7);
a copy of any document kept in the Registry or an extract from any such document; or
any specification of a patent or any application for a patent which has been published,which purports to be a certified copy or a certified extract is to be admitted in evidence without further proof and without production of the original.
(4)
In this section, “certified copy” and “certified extract” mean a copy and an extract certified by the Registrar.