Section 18
Certificates admissible as prima facie evidence
The Price Controller may in writing certify—
(a)
the maximum price that has been fixed in respect of any price-controlled goods;
(b)
the amount of the overcharge involved in any transaction;
(c)
that any transaction constitutes a wholesale or a retail transaction;
(d)
that any permission required to be given by any person under this Act has or has not been given; or
(e)
that the Price Controller has or has not delegated any specified power to any person under this Act.
(2)
The power of the Price Controller to certify any of the matters contained in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (d) may be exercised by the
Deputy Price Controller or any Assistant Price Controller; and, in any proceedings instituted in any court under this Act, a certificate given under the said provisions signed by the Price Controller, the
Deputy Price Controller or any Assistant Price Controller shall be admitted as prima facie evidence of any fact certified therein and any certificate given under paragraph (1)(c) or (e) and signed by the
Price Controller shall be conclusive of any fact certified therein.
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