42(1)Every certificate or photographic print purporting to be issued under section 39 is admissible in any court in the Province as prima facie proof of the facts certified to be recorded, and every certificate or photographic print purporting to be issued under section 39 is so admissible as prima facie proof of the facts recorded therein, and it is not necessary to prove the signature or official position of the person by whom the certificate or photographic print purports to be signed.

42(2)Where a provision of this Act refers to a copy of any document or paper, or requires the making or retaining of such a copy, the reference shall be deemed to include, and the requirement shall be deemed to be complied with by the making or retaining of, a photographic film of the document or paper, and a print from such a photographic film shall be deemed to be, and to have the same effect and to serve the same purpose as a copy of the document or paper.

42(3)If the Registrar General keeps registrations of births, stillbirths, marriages and deaths in an electronic information storage system, any reference in this Act to the Registrar General making an entry on a copy or photographic print of a document or paper shall be deemed to include the making of an entry in the electronic information storage system having the same or similar effect as the entry required under this Act.

42(4)If the Registrar General keeps registrations of births, stillbirths, marriages and deaths in an electronic information storage system, a requirement imposed by or under this Act, any other Act or any regulation under this or any other Act that the Registrar General make a notation on a registration or a correction in a registration shall be deemed to be met if the Registrar General makes an entry in the electronic information storage system having the same or similar effect as the required notation or correction with the result that the system causes a notice containing the information entered to appear whenever the document is accessed on the system.

42(1)Every certificate or photographic print purporting to be issued under section 39 is admissible in any court in the Province as prima facie proof of the facts certified to be recorded, and every certificate or photographic print purporting to be issued under section 39 is so admissible as prima facie proof of the facts recorded therein, and it is not necessary to prove the signature or official position of the person by whom the certificate or photographic print purports to be signed.

42(2)Where a provision of this Act refers to a copy of any document or paper, or requires the making or retaining of such a copy, the reference shall be deemed to include, and the requirement shall be deemed to be complied with by the making or retaining of, a photographic film of the document or paper, and a print from such a photographic film shall be deemed to be, and to have the same effect and to serve the same purpose as a copy of the document or paper.