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(1) Where a document is declared under this Act to be admissible in evidence, the document shall on its production from the proper custody, be admissible in evidence in any court or before any person who has by law or consent of the parties the authority to receive evidence and subject to all just exceptions, shall be prima facie proof of the matters stated in it in pursuance of this Act or by any officer in pursuance of the duties of the officer.

(2) A copy of any such document or an extract from it shall also be admissible in evidence if it is proved to be a copy or extract of the original, or if it purports to be a certified true copy or extract of the original signed by the officer in whose custody the original document was entrusted.

(3) Any person who has by law or consent of the parties authority to receive evidence shall have the same powers as a court to impound any document to which this section applies which has a false or counterfeit seal, stamp or signature affixed to it.