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18. Certificates of non-settlement receivable in evidence

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

(1)

A certificate of non-settlement purporting to be issued under paragraph (a) of section 14 or subsection (2) of section 17, and signed by the Chief Mediator, may be produced in evidence in any action or proceeding instituted in any court, although such person is not called as a witness.

(2)

The court may presume that the signature on any certificate of non-settlement is genuine and that the person signing it held the office he professed to hold at the time he signed it :

Provided that, if in any case the court is of opinion on the application of any party or otherwise, and for reasons to be recorded, that it is necessary that the Chief Mediator should be present to give evidence at any proceedings before such court, such Chief Mediator shall be summoned as a witness for the purpose only of giving evidence relating to the signing of such certificate .

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