Postal Services Act · s 22

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s 22Official marks to be prima facie evidence of certain facts denoted

In any proceedings for the recovery of any postage or other fee or sum payable in respect of a postal article —

(a)

the production of a postal article having thereon the official mark of a public postal licensee denoting that the article has been refused or that the addressee is dead or cannot be found shall be prima facie evidence of the fact so denoted; and

(b)

the person from whom any postal article purports to come, until the contrary is proved, is deemed to be the sender thereof.