Section 170: Copies of public documents admissible

170. Copies of public documents admissible (1) At any trial, the contents of any record, book, deed, map, plan or other document in the official custody of the Supreme Court, of the Conservator of Mortgages, of any Government department, of the Intermediate Court, of any District Court, or of any notary may be proved by means of a copy or extract certified under the hand of the Registrar, the Conservator of Mortgages, the chief clerk or head of such department, the Head Clerk of the Intermediate Court, the District Clerk, or such notary as the case may be, to be a true copy or extract. (2) The copy shall be admissible in evidence at any trial to the same extent and in the same manner as the original would but for this Act be admissible. (3) Certificates that such copies or extracts are true and purporting to be signed by the Registrar or other person under subsection (1) shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be held to have been so signed.