41(1)Every certificate or photographic print issued under section 39 or a statement issued under section 39.1 shall be issued by the Registrar General and no person other than a person authorized under this Act to do so shall issue any document that purports to be issued under this Act.

41(2)Where the signature of the Registrar General, Deputy Registrar General or any person designated pursuant to subsection 2(3) is required for any purpose of this Act, the signature may be written, engraved, lithographed or reproduced by another mode of reproducing words in visible form.

41(3)Every document issued under this Act under the signature of the Registrar General, a Deputy Registrar General or a person appointed under subsection 2(2) is and remains valid, even though the Registrar General, the Deputy Registrar General or the designated person has ceased to hold office before the issuance of the certificate.

41(1)Every certificate or photographic print issued under section 39 or a statement issued under section 39.1 shall be issued by the Registrar General and no person other than a person authorized under this Act to do so shall issue any document that purports to be issued under this Act.

41(2)Where the signature of the Registrar General or any person designated pursuant to subsection 2(3) is required for any purpose of this Act, the signature may be written, engraved, lithographed or reproduced by another mode of reproducing words in visible form.

41(3)Every document issued under this Act under the signature of the Registrar General, or any person designated pursuant to subsection 2(2) is and remains valid, notwithstanding that the Registrar General or the person so appointed, has ceased to hold office before the issue of the certificate.