(1) Where any document is by this Act declared to be admissible in evidence, such document shall—
(a) on its production from the proper custody, be admissible in evidence in any court or before any person having by law or consent of the parties authority to receive evidence; and
(b) subject to all just exceptions, be evidence of the matters stated therein.
(2) A copy of any document referred to in subsection (1), or any extract, shall also be admissible in evidence—
(a) if the document is proved to be an examined copy or extract; or
(b) if the document is signed and certified as a true copy or extract by the officer in whose custody the original document was entrusted,
and that officer shall provide the certified copy or extract to any person applying for the document at a reasonable time, upon payment of the prescribed fee.
(3) Any person having by law or consent of the parties authority to receive evidence shall have the same powers as a Court to impound any document referred to in this section which has a false or counterfeit seal, stamp or signature affixed thereto.