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Section 53

Counterfoils, etc., to be prima facie evidence

of Immigration Act 1959/63

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Section 53

In any proceedings under this Act or at the hearing of any charge for an offence against this Act any counterfoil or counterpart of any Permit, Pass, Internal Travel Document, Certificate or other document issued under this Act and purporting to be signed by a senior immigration officer may be produced in evidence without further proof and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated and shall unless the contrary be proved be presumed to be a true statement of the relevant contents of the Permit, Pass, Internal

Travel Document, Certificate or other document to which it relates.