73.—(1) The following documents shall be admissible in evidence:
(a)
any register under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179) on its production from the custody of the Registrar of Singapore ships or other person having lawful custody thereof;
(b)
a certificate of registry under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act purporting to be signed by the Registrar of Singapore ships;
(c)
any amendment to a certificate of registry purporting to be signed by the Registrar of Singapore ships;
(d)
every declaration made in pursuance of Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act in respect of a Singapore ship;
(e)
a declaration issued under section 50;
(f)
a certificate issued or purported to be issued in accordance with sections 27, 51 and 52.
(2) The documents mentioned in subsection (1) shall, on their production from the proper custody, be admissible in evidence in any court or before any person having by law or consent of parties authority to receive evidence, and, subject to all just exceptions, shall be evidence of the matters stated therein in pursuance of this Act or by any officer in pursuance of his duties as such officer.
(3) A copy of any such document or extract therefrom shall also be so admissible in evidence, if proved to be an examined copy or extract, or if it purports to be signed and certified as a true copy or extract by the officer to whose custody the original document was entrusted, and that officer shall furnish such certified copy or extract to any person applying at a reasonable time for the certified copy or extract, upon payment of such fee as may be prescribed.