s.240 — Proof of filed documents

240 (1) The production by a person prosecuting a person for an offence under this Act of a certificate, statement or document that appears to have been filed with or delivered to the Board by or on behalf of the person charged with the offence shall be received as evidence that the certificate, statement or document was so filed or delivered. (2) The production by a person prosecuting a person for an offence under this Act of a certificate, statement or document that appears to have been made or signed by the person charged with the offence or on the person’s behalf shall be received as evidence that the certificate, statement or document was so made or signed. (3) The production by a person prosecuting a person for an offence under this Act of any order, certificate, statement or document, or of any record within the meaning of section 20 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, that appears to have been made, signed or issued by the Board, the Minister, an employee in the Board, an employee in the Ministry or an inspector appointed under section 226.1, shall be received as evidence that the order, certificate, statement, document or record was so made, signed or issued.  ; ; (4) Subsections (1) to (3) apply, with necessary modifications, to any extract or copy of a certificate, statement, document, order or record referred to in those subsections, if the extract or copy is certified as a true extract or copy by the person who made the extract or copy. (5) Subsections (1) to (3) apply, with necessary modifications, to any printout of the electronic version of a certificate, statement, document, order or record referred to in those subsections that is stored or maintained by the Board in an electronic format, if the printout is certified as a true copy of the electronic version by the person who made the printout.