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Office copy of declaration to be prima facie evidence.—In any legal proceeding whatever, as well civil as criminal, the production of a copy of such declaration as is aforesaid, attested by the seal of some Court empowered by this Act to have the custody of such declarations, 7[or, in the case of the editor, editor, a copy of the newspaper containing his name printed on it as that of the editor] shall be held (unless the contrary be proved) to be sufficient evidence, as against theperson whose name shall be subscribed to such declaration,7[or printed on suchnewspaper,as the case may be] that the said person was printer or publisher, or printer and publisher (according as the words of the said declaration may be) of