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s.43
Evidence by certificate
(1) A certificate— (a) stating whether or not a contract of apprenticeship is registered under this Ordinance; or (b) containing a copy of any entry required to be made under this Ordinance in the register, and purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the Director shall be admitted in evidence without further proof on its production in any legal proceedings and— (i) until the contrary is proved, it shall be presumed that the certificate is so signed; and (ii) the certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. (2) A copy of a contract of apprenticeship or a variation document certified by or on behalf of the Director as a true copy of a contract of apprenticeship or variation document, as the case may be, shall be admitted in evidence without further proof on its production in any legal proceedings and— (a) until the contrary is proved, it shall be presumed that the certificate is so signed; and (b) the certified copy of the contract of apprenticeship or variation document shall be prima facie evidence of its contents.