Inspection of documents kept by the Registrar

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, no inspection or production of documents kept by the Registrar under this Act shall be permitted other than by the registered agent, except that any of the members of a foundation may, by notice in writing to the Registrar, authorise the person named in the notice– (a) to inspect, or obtain a copy of, a document of the foundation delivered to the Registrar under this Act; or (b) to require a certificate of registration of the foundation or a copy or part, certified or 86 otherwise, of any other document referred to in paragraph (a); and a certificate given under paragraph (b) shall be signed by the Registrar and sealed with the official seal. (2) A copy of or an extract from a record kept by the Registrar, certified in writing by the Registrar to be an accurate copy or extract, shall, in all legal proceedings, be admissible in evidence as of equal validity with the original record and as evidence of any fact stated in the copy or extract of which direct evidence would be admissible.