Admission of minutes of proceedings in evidence

(1) A minute of the proceedings of a council or of a committee thereof signed at the same or next ensuing meeting by the person presiding at the meeting shall be admissible in evidence, without further proof, in all courts and for all other purposes whatsoever. 17 (2) Until the contrary is proved, every meeting of a council or of a committee thereof in respect of the proceedings whereof a minute has been so made shall be considered to have been duly convened and held, and all members or officers present at the meeting shall be considered to have been duly qualified.