(1) The patents register is prima facie evidence of any matters required or authorised by or under this Act to be entered in it.
(2) A copy of, or extract from, a patent or registered document that purports to be certified as a true copy or extract by the Commissioner is admissible in evidence in legal proceedings to the same extent as the original patent or document.
Compare: 1953 No 64 ss 83(3), 89(2)