Acts and Regulations

N-1.2 - Natural Products Act

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Evidence
63(1)A certificate purporting to be signed by an inspector is, without proof of the inspector’s appointment, authority or signature, admissible in evidence and is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the facts stated in the certificate.
63(2)A certificate referred to in subsection (1) shall not be received in evidence unless the party intending to produce it has given to the person against whom it is to be produced reasonable notice of the party’s intention, together with a copy of the certificate.
63(3)A person against whom a certificate referred to in subsection (1) is produced may, with leave of the court or the board, as the case may be, require the attendance of the person who signed the certificate for purposes of cross-examination.
2007, c.36, s.17
Evidence
63A document that purports to be an inspection certificate or other certificate of an inspector may be adduced in evidence before any court, judge or board and when so adduced is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the facts stated in it without proof of the appointment, signature or authority of the inspector.