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L-11.01 - Livestock Operations Act

Section 22
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22(1)In a prosecution with respect to an offence under this Act or the regulations, a statement purporting to be signed by the Registrar that a person does not hold a licence under this Act or the regulations or any other document or statement purporting to be signed by the Registrar, or a certified copy of such document or statement, shall be
(a) received in evidence by any court in the Province without proof of the appointment, authority or signature of the person purporting to have signed it or the person purporting to have certified the copy,
(b) in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the facts stated in the document, copy or statement, and
(c) where the name of the person referred to in the document, copy or statement is that of the accused, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof that the person named in the document, copy or statement is the accused.
22(2)A document, statement or copy referred to in subsection (1) shall not be received in evidence unless the party intending to produce it has, before the trial or other proceedings, given to the person against whom it is to be produced reasonable notice of the party’s intention, together with a copy of the document, statement or copy.
22(3)Subject to subsection 23(2), a person against whom a document, statement or copy referred to in subsection (1) is produced may, with leave of the court, require the attendance of the Registrar for purposes of cross-examination.