Proof of proclamation, order or regulation issued in Belize

(1) Section 31 is mutatis mutandis, applicable to any proclamation issued by the Governor-General, any statutory instrument or order made or approved by the Governor-General, the National Assembly, or either House thereof, or by a Minister, not being within the provisions of section 6 of this Act, and to any commission, warrant, public notice or statutory instrument, issued by or under the authority of the Governor-General or a Minister, or any department or officer of the Government of Belize, the Governor-General, the Minister, the Permanent Secretary, or the head of that department, or that officer, as the case may be, being the certifying officer within the meaning of section 31 of this Act. (2) Where by any Act the Governor-General or a Minister is empowered to do any act, or to authorise any act to be done, or to approve of any act, the doing or authorising or approving of the act may be proved by the production of a document to that effect, purporting to be issued by the authority of the Governor-General or Minister and signed by the Governor-General’s Administrative Officer or the Permanent Secretary, as the case may be, not- withstanding that the Act prescribes that the act shall be done, authorised or approved in writing under the hand of the Governor- General or the Minister. 22 (3) Sub-sections (1) and (2) shall not apply to any case where an act is required to be executed by the Governor-General or the Minister by warrant under his hand, or under his hand and seal, or under his hand and the public seal or by proclamation or commission. judgements,