Part 18

Miscellaneous and supplementary

Documents and evidence etc.

Report of inquiry to be evidence in certain proceedings
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1
A copy of the report of the person conducting an inquiry under section 46, if certified by the Commission to be a true copy, is admissible in any proceedings to which this section applies—
a
as evidence of any fact stated in the report, and
b
as evidence of the opinion of that person as to any matter referred to in it.
2
This section applies to—
a
any legal proceedings instituted by the Commission under Part 6, and
b
any legal proceedings instituted by the Attorney General in respect of a charity.
3
A document purporting to be a certificate issued for the purposes of subsection (1) is to be—
a
received in evidence, and
b
treated as such a certificate,
unless the contrary is proved.