60.—(1) For the purposes of any provision of this Act relating to specified conduct outside the State—

(a) a document purporting to be signed by a lawyer practising in the state or a territorial unit within it where the conduct is alleged to have occurred and stating that the conduct is an offence under the law of that state or territorial unit, and

(b) a document purporting to be a translation of a document mentioned in paragraph (a) and to be certified as correct by a person appearing to be competent to so certify,

shall be admissible in any proceedings, without further proof, as evidence of the matters mentioned in those documents, unless the contrary is shown.

F43[(2) For the purposes of sections 38(1) and 45—

(a) a certificate purporting to be signed by an officer of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and stating that a passport was issued by that Minister of the Government to a person on a specified date, and

(b) a certificate purporting to be signed by an officer of the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration and stating that, to the best of the officer’s knowledge and belief, the person has not ceased to be an Irish citizen,

shall be admissible in any proceedings, without further proof, as evidence that the person was an Irish citizen on the date on which the offence concerned is alleged to have been committed, unless the contrary is shown.]