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s.39
Prints of films of public documents
(1) A print, whether enlarged or not, purporting to be made from a film of a public document and purporting to be certified to be a print made from a film of a public document by the public officer or person who has custody of the film shall be admitted in evidence in any criminal or civil proceedings before any court on its production without further proof. (2) On the production of a print under subsection (1) the court before which it is produced shall, until the contrary is proved, presume— (a) that a certificate purporting to be signed by the public officer or person having custody of the film has been signed by him; and (b) that the print to which the certificate refers has been made from a film of the public document.