6.—(1) The Minister shall cause to be established and kept a register of all merchandise licences granted on or after the commencement of this Act, and such register shall be in such form and contain such particulars as the Minister shall from time to time direct.

(2) The said register shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any person on payment of a fee of such amount as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Minister with the sanction of the Minister for Finance.

(3) Any person shall be entitled to obtain from the Minister a copy of any entry in the said register on payment therefor of a fee of such amount as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Minister with the sanction of the Minister for Finance.

(4) Every fee payable under this section shall be collected and accounted for in such manner as shall be prescribed by the Minister with the sanction of the Minister for Finance.

(5) Every document purporting to be a copy of an entry in the said register, and purporting to be certified by an officer of the Minister to be a true copy of such entry shall, without proof of the signature of the person purporting so to certify or that he was such officer, be received in evidence in any legal proceedings and shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be a true copy of such entry and to be evidence of the terms of such entry.