Section 31: Authentication of copies and seal as evidence of such copies

A copy or extract from any archives in the National Archives, including microcopies and photocopies of such a copy or extract, purporting to be duly certified as true and authentic by the Director or by the custodian of the public archives in any place of deposit where such archives are kept, and authenticated by having impressed thereon the official seal of the Director or of the place of deposit, shall be admissible in evidence, if the original document or documents would have been admissible in evidence in the proceedings.