Nigerian Evidence Act 2011
Section 58 - Genuineness of certificates to be presumed.
The court shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, presume that the signature to any such certificate as is mentioned in sections 55 and 56 is genuine and that the person signing it held the office or authority which he professed at the time when he signed it.
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