Section 126 - Official records

(1) Evidence of a hearsay statement contained in writing made as a record of an act, event or condition is not made inadmissible by section 117 if

(a) the writing was made by and within the scope of duty of a public officer;

(b) the writing was made at or near the time the act or event occurred or the condition existed; and

(c) the sources of information and method and time of preparation indicate that the statement contained in the writing is reasonably trustworthy.

(2) Evidence of a hearsay statement contained in a writing made by the public officer who is the official custodian of the records in a public office reciting diligent search and failure to find a record, is not made inadmissible by section 117.

(3) A hearsay statement admissible in evidence under this section is not made inadmissible by the fact that it is not based on the personal knowledge of the declarant.