(1) The presumptions specified in subsection (2) apply where the imprint of a seal appears on a document and purports to be the imprint of—
(a) the Royal Sign Manual and Signet;
(b) the Public Seal of Saint Lucia;
(c) the Privy Seal of the United Kingdom;
(d) a seal of a foreign country; or
(e) the seal of a body, including a court or a tribunal, or a body corporate established by or under the Constitution or by another law in force in Saint Lucia, or by the law of a foreign country.
(2) The presumptions referred to in subsection (1) are—
(a) that the imprint is the imprint of the seal of which it purports to be the imprint; and
(b) that the document was duly sealed, as it purports to have been sealed.
(3) The presumptions specified in subsection (4) apply where the imprint of a seal appears on a document and purports to be the imprint of the seal of—
(a) The Head of State or the Governor General; or
(b) a person holding office under the Constitution or another law in force in Saint Lucia or the law of a foreign country.
(4) The presumptions referred to in subsection (3) are—
(b) that the document was duly sealed by the person purporting to seal it acting in his or her official capacity.
(5) Where a document purports to have been signed by a person referred to in subsection (3)(a) or (b) it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that the document was duly signed by that person acting in his or her official capacity.