Copies of records of Registrar
7(1)The Registrar is authorized to prepare a certified copy of any record of the Division, the production of which is not regarded by the Minister as being contrary to public policy, and any document purporting to be a copy of any record of the Division, and purporting to be signed by the Registrar, shall be received as evidence of the contents thereof by any court in the Province without proof of the signature thereon.
7(2)The Registrar is authorized to prepare a certificate
(a)
that a vehicle is or was on a date therein stated registered in the name of a person therein named,
(b)
that the registration of any vehicle had been revoked or suspended or had expired, and that such suspension, revocation, or expiry continued up to a date therein stated,
(c)
that any vehicle is, or was on a date therein stated, not registered under this Act,
(c.1)
that a vehicle is unregistrable under this Act,
(d)
that the driver’s licence, or driver’s instruction permit issued to a person named therein has been suspended or revoked, and his driving privileges suspended and that such suspension or revocation continued up to a date therein stated,
(e)
that the motor vehicle privilege or driving privilege of a person had been suspended and that such suspension continued up to a date therein stated,
(f)
that the person therein named was not the holder of a valid driver’s licence on the date therein stated,
(g)
that no licence of a specific class has been or was on a date therein stated issued to a person therein named,
(g.1)
that the permissible gross mass for which a vehicle is or was registered on a date stated therein is as stated therein,
and any such certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar shall be
(h)
received in evidence by any court in the Province without proof of the signature thereon,
(i)
prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein, and
(j)
on the hearing of an information for a violation of this Act or the regulations or any local by-law
prima facie evidence that the person named therein is the accused and that the vehicle referred to therein is the vehicle in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed.
1955, c.13, s.4; 1961-62, c.62, s.2; 1964, c.43, s.1; 1965, c.29, s.2; 1972, c.48, s.6; 1977, c.32, s.2; 1981, c.48, s.1; 1982, c.3, s.47; 1983, c.52, s.3; 1985, c.34, s.2