Import Certificate Regulations

5 (1) An application for an import certificate becomes an import certificate when it is signed by the Minister, and that certificate shall not be altered by anyone other than the Minister.

(2) The import certificate and a copy thereof shall be sent to the applicant.

(3) In any proceedings under the Export and Import Permits Act, a document, purporting to be certified by the Minister to be a true copy of an import certificate, is prima facie evidence of the original document of which it purports to be a copy and that the same was issued at the time stated in the certificate and is signed, certified, attested or executed by the persons by whom and in the manner in which the same purports to be signed, certified, attested or executed as shown or appearing from such certified copy.