Section 26

with the requirements of rules made under subsection 6(1); or

with the requirements of an enlistment notice, police enrolment notice, or enrolment notice served on him or directions given to him under Part V, VI or VII, it is necessary to show that he is, or was, at any particular time eligible for enrolment in any of the armed forces, police forces or civil defence forces or within particular limits of age, he shall be presumed to be, or to have been, at that time so eligible or within those limits of age, unless the contrary is proved:

Provided that, if it appears to the Court that there are any special circumstances giving rise to doubt as to either of the matters aforesaid, the Court may require the matter to be proved by the prosecution.

On the prosecution of any person (hereafter in this subsection referred to as the “defendant”) for any offence under this Act a certificate purporting to be signed by the chairman of a medical board, and stating that a person bearing the name in which the defendant is charged was examined by the board on a date specified in the certificate, shall be evidence that the defendant was so examined on that date:

Provided that, if it appears to the Court that there are any special circumstances giving rise to doubt as to any matter stated in any such certificate, or as to the relation of any such certificate to the defendant, the Court may require the prosecution to prove that matter, or that the certificate relates to the defendant, as the case may be.

General provision as to offence