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Rh Evidence of orders of Minister

76. A copy under the hand of the Director shall be evidence of any order, authority or direction given by the Minister under the provisions of this Act.

Presumption

77. The production of the warrant or other document, in pursuance of which a child or young person is directed to be sent to an approved school or approved home or a place of detention or committed to the care or custody of a person or directed to be sent to an approved hospital, with a statement endorsed thereon or annexed thereto purporting to be signed by the manager of the approved school, approved home, place of detention or approved hospital or by the person to whose care or custody the child or young person is committed, as the case may be, to the effect that the child or young person named therein was duly received into and is at the date of the signing thereof detained in such school, home or place of detention or that the child or young person was duly taken into his care or custody and is at the date of signing thereof still in his care or custody, or has been otherwise dealt with according to law, shall in all proceedings relating to that child or young person be prima facie evidence of the identity and of the lawful detention or disposal of the child or young person named in that warrant or document.

Evidence

78. A copy of the regulations of an approved school or approved home or a place of detention appointed or established under the provisions of this Act or of an approved hospital, purporting to be signed by the Director shall be evidence of such regulations in all legal proceedings.