Stamp Duties Act, 1968 (Act 77 of 1968)
R 385
Insolvency Act, 1936 (Act No. 24 of 1936)154. Custody of documents. Admissibility of copies or certificates |
| (1) | The Master shall have the custody of all documents relating to insolvent estates. |
| (2) | If there is endorsed upon or attached to any document or record a certificate purporting to have been signed by a person describing himself as Master, wherein he describes the nature of the document or record and states that it relates to a specified insolvent or insolvent estate, that document or record shall on its mere production by any person prima facie be deemed to be what the certificate describes it to be. |
| (3) | Any document or record upon which there is endorsed or to which there is attached a statement purporting to have been signed by a person describing himself as Master, wherein he certifies that the document or record is a true copy of or extract from a document or record relating to a specified insolvent or insolvent estate, and wherein he describes the nature of the original document or record, shall on its mere production by any person be as admissible in evidence in any court of law and be of the same force and effect as the original document or record would be if it bore or had attached to it the certificate mentioned in subsection (2). |
| (4) | A certificate, purporting to have been signed by a person describing himself as Master, stating that the estate of a person or partnership mentioned therein was sequestrated on a date therein specified, or that an insolvent named therein has or has not been rehabilitated, or that any person named therein has or has not complied with any particular requirement of this Act, shall upon its mere production by any person be received as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. |
