Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959
Proof of bye-laws, etc.
321.—(1) In any proceedings under the repealed enactments or this Act, a document purporting to be a copy of any instrument in writing made or issued under the repealed enactments or this Act shall, if it is certified by an officer of the Minister to be a true copy of such instrument, be prima facie evidence of such instrument, and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of the person so certifying such document or that he is an officer of the Minister.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or affecting the operation of section 4 of the Documentary Evidence Act 1925 (No. 24 of 1925).
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Section applied with modifications and references to "penalty" and “the forfeiture” construed (4.07.1978) by Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1978 (18/1978), s. 2(5)(b), commenced on enactment.
Indictable and summary proceedings for certain offences.
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(b) Part XIX of the Principal Act shall apply to the fines and forfeitures provided for by this section and the Tables to this section as it applies to the fines and forfeitures referred to in that Part and references in sections 316 and 317 of the Principal Act to a District Justice and the District Court shall, in the case of a conviction by a court other than the District Court, be construed as references to that other court.