52. The rules of evidence shall be those of the law of England in force on the 1st of July 1867, and article 308 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply.
It shall not be necessary to produce the writ of election or the proclamation or the commission of the returning-officer, but parol evidence of such facts shall constitute sufficient proof that the election has been held.
The archives, registers, journals and documents of the Legislature and all those of a public nature, the keeping of which is required by law, as also official copies of and extracts from such documents, shall be prima facie proof of the contents thereof.
R. S. 1964, c. 8, s. 52; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 1.