38.—(1) Evidence of the Register or any part of it may be given in any proceedings by the production of a copy of the Register or that part of it bearing a certificate signed by the Registrar or a person authorised by him or her in that behalf stating that the copy is a true copy of the Register or part of it.

(2) A certificate purporting to be a certificate under subsection (1) shall be taken to be such a certificate and to have been duly signed by the person purporting to have signed it (and, in the case of such a certificate purporting to have been signed, in accordance with the authorisation), unless the contrary is shown.