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Part III · Miscellaneous

26. Proof of document issued by an expert or a Police Officer

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

Every document duly signed and issued by an expert or a police officer, as the case may be, and duly authenticated by an expert in the prescribed manner, shall be admissible in evidence and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

(2)

for the purposes, of this section the expression

“document” shall include a certificate, declaration, information, data, report or any other similar document.

Read on from s 27