36A copy of any record, grant, letters patent, surrender, escheat, inquisition, lease, licence, conveyance, map, plan, record of survey, document or writing or of any part of same filed, recorded or deposited in any public office in this Province or in any public office of Canada, or in any other province of Canada, duly proved by any witness who has examined the same with the original to be a true copy, or certified by an officer of that office to be a true copy thereof, shall without proof of the official character or handwriting of such officer be deemed and taken in all courts to be as good and sufficient evidence of such record, grant, letters patent, surrender, escheat, inquisition, lease, licence, conveyance, map, plan, record of survey, document or writing as the original or any exemplification thereof under the Great Seal.