Section 225: Admissibility of documents

225. Admissibility of documents (1) Any certificate issued under this Act, any official log book, crew agreement, crew list or other similar document kept on a ship pursuant to this Act, any maritime chart used on a ship and any entry in the Register shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings. (2) Where a document is admissible in evidence under subsection (1), it shall, on its production from proper custody— (a) be so admissible in the Court or before a person having, by law or consent of parties, authority to receive evidence; and (b) subject to all just exceptions, be evidence of the matters stated in the document. (3) A copy of, or extract from, any document so made admissible in evidence shall, subject to subsection (4), also be admissible in evidence and be evidence of the matters stated in the document. (4) A copy of, or extract from, a document shall not be admissible by virtue of subsection (3), unless it purports to be signed and certified as a true copy or extract by the officer to whose custody the original document was entrusted, and that officer shall furnish the certified copy or extract to any person who applies for it at a reasonable time and pays such reasonable fee as the Director determines. [Issue 4] M62 – 110 Revised Laws of Mauritius (5) A person shall, on payment of such reasonable fee as the Director determines, be entitled to have a certified copy of any declaration or document a copy of which is made evidence by this Act.