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| (1) Where any document is by this Act declared to be admissible in evidence, such document shall,-
| | (a) on its production from proper custody, be admissible in evidence in any Court before any person having by law or consent of parties authority to receive evidence; and | | |
| | (b) subject to all just exceptions, be evidence of the matters stated therein in pursuance of this Act or by any officer in pursuance of his duties as such officer. | | |
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| (2) A copy of any document referred to in subsection (1), or any extract therefrom, shall also be admissible in evidence-
and that officer shall provide such a certified copy or extract to any person applying therefore at a reasonable time, upon payment of the prescribed fee. | | (a) if it is proved to be an examined copy or extract; or | | |
| | (b) if it purports to be signed and certified as a true copy or extract by the officer to whose custody the original document was entrusted, | | |
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| (3) Any person having by law or consent of parties authority to receive evidence shall have the same powers as a Court to impound any document referred to in this section which has a false or counterfeit seal, stamp or signature affixed thereto. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts