Shannon Navigation Act, 1839

Copy of Bye Laws to be Evidence.

LVII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That in all Cases of Prosecution for any Offence or Offences against any of the Bye Laws, Rules, and Orders of the said Commissioners, the Production of a written or printed Paper purporting to be the Bye Laws, Rules, or Orders of the said Commissioners, and authenticated by the Signatures of any Two or more of the said Commissioners, shall be Evidence of the Existence of such Bye Laws, Rules, or Orders; and it shall be sufficient to prove that a painted Board purporting to be a Copy of such Bye Laws, Rules, or Orders hath been affixed and published in manner by this Act directed, and, in case of its having been afterwards displaced or damaged, that it hath been replaced by another such Board in convenient Time after, unless Proof shall be adduced by the Defendants that such Board is not a Copy of such Bye Laws, Rules, or Orders, or hath not been duly affixed or generally continued in manner by this Act directed.