(1) The Registrar may furnish any person with a certificate stating—
(a) that a body corporate has or has not sent to the Registrar a document required to be sent to him or her under this Act;
(b) that a name, whether that of a company or not, is or is not on the register; or
(c) that a name, whether that of a company or not, was or was not on the register on a stated date.
(2) Where this Act requires or authorises the Registrar to issue a certificate or to certify any fact, the certificate or the certification shall be signed by the Registrar or by his or her deputy.
(3) A certificate or certification mentioned in subsection (2) that is introduced as evidence in any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding, is sufficient proof of the facts so certified, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed it.