Rule 20 Certificate of conviction or order

At the request of any person with a bona fide interest in any proceedings a district judge (magistrates’ courts), Lay magistrate or clerk of petty sessions shall grant a certificate of the conviction or order made in such proceedings.

The certificate shall be signed by a district judge (magistrates’ courts), a lay magistrate or by the clerk of petty sessions.

A certificate under this Rule shall be prima facie evidence of the conviction or order an, except where it is proved that such a certificate purporting to be signed by a district judge (magistrates’ courts) or lay magistrate or clerk of petty sessions was not in fact so signed, the certificate shall operate as a valid form of conviction or order for any purpose whatsoever.