Cap. 12 Art. 627Documents requiring no proof of authenticity other than that which they bear on the face of them.

The following documents shall be admissible in evidence without the necessity of any proof of their authenticity other than that which appears on the face of them, and shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence of their contents:

(a) the acts of the Government of Malta, signed by the

Minister or by the head of the department from which they emanate, or in his absence, by the deputy, assistant, or other officer next in rank, authorized to sign such acts;

(b) the registers of any department of the Government of Malta;

(c) all public acts signed by the competent authorities, and contained in the Government Gazette;

(d) the acts of the Government of Malta printed under the authority of the Government and duly published;

(e) the acts and registers of the courts of justice and of the ecclesiastical courts, in Malta;

(f) the certificates issued from the Public Registry Office and the Land Registry;

(g) the sea-protest made under the authority of the Civil Court, First Hall;

(h) the documents mentioned in article 68, in article 95(3), in article 227 and, in so far as it applies article 227, in article 274 of the Merchant Shipping Act, as provided in the said provisions.