Section 23: Evidence of documents.

The Insurance Act, 1938Central Act · Act 4 of 1938

(1) Every return furnished to the [Authority] which has been certified by the [Authority] to be a return so furnished, shall be deemed to be a return so furnished.

(2) Every document, purporting to be certified by the [Authority] to be a copy of a return so furnished, shall be deemed to be a copy of that return and shall be received in evidence as if it were the original return, unless some variation between it and the original return is proved.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Insurance Act, 1938
Section	23
Marginal note	Evidence of documents.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 41 of 1999. . Subs. by Act 41 of 1999, s. 30 and the Schedule, for "Controller" (w.e.f. 19-4-2000).

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