37. Section 35 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:-
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| | (1) A certificate purporting to be signed by any competent authority to the effect that any mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish or invertebrate or a part of any mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish or invertebrate forwarded to such authority for examination and report is a mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish or invertebrate, or a fish or invertebrate of a species included in Schedule I, Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV or Schedule IVA, as the case may be, shall, on production in any court of law, be sufficient evidence of the facts stated in such certificate until the contrary is proved. | | |
| | (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), the expression, "competent authority" means-
| | | (a) the Director of National Museums; |
| (b) the Director of National Zoological Gardens.'. |
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