(1)The Air Council may sue and be sued, and may for all purposes be described, by that name.
(2)The Air Council shall have an official seal, which shall be officially and judicially noticed, and that seal shall be authenticated by the signature of the President, or of a secretary, or of some' person authorised by the Council to act on behalf of the secretary.
(3)Every document purporting to be an instrument issued by the Air Council, and to be sealed with the seal of the Council, authenticated in manner provided by this Act. or to be signed by a secretary or any person authorised by the Council to act on behalf of the secretary, shall be received in evidence, and be deemed to be such an instrument without further proof, unless the contrary is shown.
(4)A certificate signed by the President of the Air Council that any instrument purporting to be made or issued by the Council was so made or issued shall be conclusive evidence of the fact.
(5)The [31 & 32 Vict. c. 37.] Documentary Evidence Act, 1868, as amended by the [45 & 46 Vict. c. 9.] Documentary Evidence Act, 1882, shall apply to the Air Council as if that Council were, mentioned in the first column of the schedule to the first-mentioned Act, and as if the President, or a secretary of the Council, or any person authorised by the President to act on behalf of the Council, was mentioned in the second column of that schedule.