Section 35 | Evidence by certificate etc.

(1)A certificate of the Commissioners—

(a)that a person was or was not, at any date, registered under section 29 above,

(b)that any return required by regulations under this Chapter had not been made at any date, or

(c)that any lottery duty shown as due in a return made in pursuance of such regulations or in an estimate made under section 116A of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 had not been paid at any date,

is sufficient evidence of that fact until the contrary is proved.

(2)A photograph of any document furnished to the Commissioners for the purposes of this Chapter and certified by them to be such a photograph is admissible in any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, to the same extent as the document itself.

(3)Any document purporting to be a certificate under subsection (1) or (2) above shall be taken to be such a certificate until the contrary is proved.