105(1)In a prosecution for a violation of a licensing by-law, a certificate purporting to be signed by the clerk stating that a person was not on a specified day the holder of a licence under the by-law is without proof of the official character or handwriting of the clerk sufficient evidence of the facts so stated, unless the contrary is proved.

105(2)Where in a certificate used for the purposes of subsection (1) reference is made to a person by name and in the prosecution reference is made to the accused by the same name, the references in the certificate and the prosecution are references to the same person, unless the contrary is proved.