Evidence – sunrise and sunset times
109.1 In a prosecution for an offence under this Act or the regulations, the following documents are admissible in evidence and are proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of their contents respecting the time of sunrise or the time of sunset in a given area on a given day, without proof of the appointment, authority or signature of the person purporting to have certified or signed them:Â
(a)
a written confirmation purporting to be certified by the Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada; and
(b)
a certificate purporting to be signed by a climatologist or a climatology specialist employed by Environment and Climate Change Canada.