140In the prosecution of any person for an offence under this Act, or in any other proceeding under this Act, a certificate signed by the Minister or bearing a signature purporting to be that of the Minister, stating
(a)
that a person at any specified time did or did not have a licence or approval required under this Act or the regulations with respect to any matter for which a licence or approval is required,
(b)
that the Minister at any specified time had or had not given or been given notice with respect to any matter under this Act or the regulations,
(c)
that a person at a specified time refused to permit the Minister to conduct an investigation under this Act, or obstructed or interfered with an investigation conducted by the Minister under this Act, or
(d)
that at a specified time a directive or order was issued under this Act to a person and that as of a specified time the person to whom the directive or order was issued failed to comply with the directive or order,
may be adduced in evidence without proof of the signature or appointment of the Minister and, when so adduced, is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the facts stated therein, and where the person named in the certificate has the same name as the accused, that the person named in the certificate is the accused.
140In the prosecution of any person for an offence under this Act, or in any other proceeding under this Act, a certificate signed by the Minister of Families and Children or the Minister of Seniors and Long-Term Care, as the case may be, or bearing a signature purporting to be that of the Minister, stating
(a)
that a person at any specified time did or did not have a licence or approval required under this Act or the regulations with respect to any matter for which a licence or approval is required,
(b)
that the Minister at any specified time had or had not given or been given notice with respect to any matter under this Act or the regulations,
(c)
that a person at a specified time refused to permit the Minister to conduct an investigation under this Act, or obstructed or interfered with an investigation conducted by the Minister under this Act, or
(d)
that at a specified time a directive or order was issued under this Act to a person and that as of a specified time the person to whom the directive or order was issued failed to comply with the directive or order,
may be adduced in evidence without proof of the signature or appointment of the Minister and, when so adduced, is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the facts stated therein, and where the person named in the certificate has the same name as the accused, that the person named in the certificate is the accused.
140In the prosecution of any person for an offence under this Act, or in any other proceeding under this Act, a certificate signed by the Minister or bearing a signature purporting to be that of the Minister, stating
(a)
that a person at any specified time did or did not have a licence or approval required under this Act or the regulations with respect to any matter for which a licence or approval is required,
(b)
that the Minister at any specified time had or had not given or been given notice with respect to any matter under this Act or the regulations,
(c)
that a person at a specified time refused to permit the Minister to conduct an investigation under this Act, or obstructed or interfered with an investigation conducted by the Minister under this Act, or
(d)
that at a specified time a directive or order was issued under this Act to a person and that as of a specified time the person to whom the directive or order was issued failed to comply with the directive or order,
may be adduced in evidence without proof of the signature or appointment of the Minister and, when so adduced, is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the facts stated therein, and where the person named in the certificate has the same name as the accused, that the person named in the certificate is the accused.