Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

303 Evidence of byelaws.

The production of a copy of a byelaw purporting to be made by a local authority under any enactment whatever or by any other authority to whose byelaws the last but one preceding section applies upon which is endorsed a certificate purporting to be signed by the clerk of the authority stating—

(a) that the byelaw was made by the authority;

(b) that the copy is a true copy of the byelaw;

(c) that on a specified date the byelaw was confirmed by the authority named in the certificate or, as the case may require, was sent to the Secretary of State and has not been disallowed;

(d) that the byelaw made by a county council has been made with the consent of the town council of a burgh named in the certificate ;

(e) the date, if any, fixed by the confirming authority for the coming into operation of the byelaw;

shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence of the facts stated in the certificate and without proof of the handwriting or official position of any person purporting to sign a certificate in pursuance of this section.