4. Proof of a document photographed and destroyed in accordance with this act shall be made by means of the declaration mentioned in section 3 and a print made from the film containing the accurate reproduction of the photographed document.
Any extract or copy of the declaration certified true by the Keeper of the Archives nationales du Québec or the person specially authorized by him for that purpose in the case of documents in the custody or possession of the Government, a public company, a public corporation or a public body or, in all other cases, by the notary in whose records a copy has been deposited in Québec or, as the case may be, by the notary to or with whom such records have been transferred or deposited, may be received in evidence on the same footing as the original.
R. S. 1964, c. 280, s. 4; 1969, c. 26, s. 70; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1983, c. 38, s. 76.