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5. Section 36 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) "proceedings for an offence against a provision of a relevant Act may be instituted only" and substituting "in any proceedings for an offence against a provision of a relevant Act, any information, charge, complaint or application may be laid or made only".

6. The Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following Part:

"PART VI—EVIDENCE OF CORRESPONDING LAWS

Evidence of laws of States and other Territories
"41. Where a provision of a law of a State or of another Territory, being a law by reason of which provisions of a relevant Act or regulations in force for the time being under a relevant Act apply as laws of that State or Territory, provides that a document published in accordance with that provision is prima facie evidence of the provisions of that relevant Act or those regulations as so applying on a particular date, a document that is, or purports to be, a copy of a document so published is prima facie evidence of the provisions of that relevant Act or those regulations as so applying on that date.".

NOTE
1. No. 68, 1980.