Section 238 - Proof of falsity of pretence

On a trial for a criminal offence under section 237,

(a) a statement purporting to be signed by a person in the name of the President, Minister or Court, declaring that the accused was not at a stated time or period a messenger of or did not hold an office or authority under the President, Minister or Court, and

(b) a statement purporting to be signed by the Chairman of the Civil Service Council declaring that the accused was not a civil servant, and

(c) a statement purporting to be signed in the name of a local or any other statutory authority, declaring that the accused was not an officer of that authority,

is, without further proof, prima facie evidence of the matters so declared.