23.— In any legal proceedings—

(a) a document signed by the registrar stating—

(i) what is or is not registered,

(ii) what was or was not registered and when,

is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the matters stated,

(b) a printed document—

(i) appearing to be a copy of any part of or an extract from a register, and

(ii) bearing a signed statement by the registrar that it is such a copy or extract,

is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the content of so much of the register that is copied or extracted,

(c) a signature appearing to be the registrar’s on any such document is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to be taken as being the registrar’s.