(1) Notwithstanding any provision in any enactment to the contrary where in any proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction it has to be determined whether a document purporting to be a note which is used for the time being as money in any country other than Ghana and which is legal tender in that other country is a false note, a certificate in the form set out in the Schedule to this Act under the hand of the lawful authority of the country in which the note is legal tender shall be received in evidence without further proof as conclusive evidence of the fact that such document is a false note.

(2) For the purpose of determining whether a person is the lawful authority of the country in which a note is legal tender, a certificate under the hand of the Governor or the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana that such person is the lawful authority shall be received in evidence without further proof as conclusive evidence of the facts stated therein. [Inserted by the Currency Act, 1964 (Amendment) Decree, 1973 (NRCD 183), s. 1(a)].