Section 9
Certified copies to be evidence
of Industrial Designs Act 1996
(1)
The Register shall constitute prima facie evidence of all matters required or authorized by this Act to be entered therein.
(2)
The Registrar may supply a copy of or an extract from—
(a)
any entry or document in the Register; or
(b)
a document or publication in the Industrial Designs
Registration Office, certified by writing under his hand and seal to be a true copy or extract.
(3)
A copy or extract so certified and sealed shall be admissible in evidence as of equal validity with the original in all courts and proceedings without further proof or production of the original.
(4)
The Registrar may certify, by writing under his hand and seal—
(a)
that an entry, matter or thing required by or under this Act to be made or done, or not to be made or done, has, or has not, as the case may be, been made or done; or
(b)
that a book, document or publication in the Industrial
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Designs Registration Office was made available for public inspection on the date specified in the certificate, and such a certificate shall be received as prima facie evidence of the matters specified in the certificate in any legal proceedings.