Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Secretary and stating that a country specified in the certificate is, or was at a time so specified, a Contracting State is, upon mere production, receivable in any proceedings as prima facie evidence of that fact.
(2) The Secretary may, by signed instrument, delegate the power
to sign a certificate under subsection ( 1) to the holder of a
specified office in the Department.