If a person is appointed under subsection (3) of this section to serve on the Penal Cases Committee in the place of the member of the Committee who is Convener, the Chairman shall nominate either that person, or the other member of the Committee who is a member of the Council, to act as Convener of the Committee. The person nominated to act as Convener shall be deemed, while he is so acting, to be Convener.”

For the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section, a certificate signed by the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar of a University in New Zealand, that the person named in the certificate is a graduate in medicine and surgery of the University or is qualified to graduate in medicine and surgery at the University, by reason of having passed or having been credited with passing the examinations and having undergone the period of training (if any) required for such graduation, shall be sufficient evidence that the person named is a graduate of the University or is qualified to graduate at the University, as the case may require.

Notice shall be taken judicially, without further proof of appointment, of the signature of the Registrar, Deputy Registrar, or Assistant Registrar, on any certificate referred to in subsection (1a) of this section.”