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West Indies Act 1967
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18Provisions as to evidence
(1)For the purposes of this Act a certificate issued by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, certifying that a matter specified in the certificate is one which in the opinion of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom is a matter relating to defence (whether of an associated state or of the United Kingdom or of any other territory for whose government Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom are wholly or partly responsible) or to external affairs, shall in any proceedings be conclusive evidence of the fact so certified.
(2)Any document purporting to be such a certificate, and to be issued for the purposes of this Act, shall in any proceedings be received in evidence and, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such a certificate so issued.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (2) of section 7 of this Act a fact expressly stated in an Order in Council as mentioned in that subsection shall in any proceedings be conclusive evidence of the fact so stated.
(4)For the purposes of this Act a provision contained in an Order in Council whereby it is expressly declared that the Order is made at the request and with the consent of one or more associated states specified in the Order shall in any proceedings be conclusive evidence of the fact so declared.
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