Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts Every copy of an entry
in or extract from the register of newspaper proprietors established under the
Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1884 3 , purporting to be certified by
the Registrar of the Supreme Court or his deputy for the time being, or under
the official seal of the Registrar, shall be received as conclusive evidence
of the contents of the said register of newspaper proprietors, so far as the
same appear in such copy or extract, without proof of the signature thereto,
or of the seal of office affixed thereto.
Every such certified
copy or extract shall, in all proceedings, civil or criminal, be accepted as
sufficient prima facie evidence of all matters and things thereby appearing,
unless and until the contrary thereto is shown.
[Section 69 amended: No. 74 of 2003 s. 142(2).]