Clause 63

The contents of any document prepared, issued or served under, by virtue of or for the purpose of this Act shall until the contrary is proved be presumed to be correct and the production of any book purporting to contain any apportionment made under or by virtue of this Act shall, without any other evidence, be received as prima facie proof of the making and validity of the apportionment mentioned therein.

All records, registers and other documents required by this Act or any regulations made thereunder to be kept by the Director or any public officer authorised by him in that behalf shall be deemed to be public documents and copies thereof or extracts therefrom certified by the officer responsible for the custody thereof to be true copies, or extracts, as the case may be, subscribed by that officer with his name and his official title shall be admissible in evidence as proof of the contents of the documents.

The production by the prosecutor of a certificate of analysis purporting to be under the hand of an analyst shall be sufficient evidence of the facts stated therein, unless the defendant requires the analyst to be called as witness, in which case he shall give notice thereof to the prosecutor not less than three clear days before the day on which the summons is returnable.

In like manner the production by the defendant of a certificate of analysis purporting to be under the hand of an analyst shall be sufficient evidence of the facts stated therein, unless the prosecutor requires the analyst to be called as a witness.

A copy of such last-mentioned certificate shall be sent to the prosecutor at least three clear days before the day fixed for the hearing of the summons, and, if it is not so sent, the Magistrate’s Court may adjourn the hearing on such terms as it thinks proper.