Section III. And it is hereby enacted, that a Book of Registry wherein may be registered as hereinafter enacted t

III. And it is hereby enacted, that a Book of Registry wherein may be registered as hereinafter enacted the proprietorship in the Copyright of books and assignments thereof, and licences affecting such Copyright, shall be kept in the office of the Secretary to the Government of India for the Home Department, and shall at all convenient times be opened to the inspection of any person on payment of Eight Annas for every entry which shall be searched for or inspected in the said book, and that such Officer shall whenever thereunto reasonably required, give a copy of any entry in such book certified under his hand, to any person requiring the same on payment to him of the sum of Two Rupees, and such copies so certified shall be received in evidence in all Courts and in all summary proceedings, and shall be prima facie proof of the proprietorship or assignment of Copyright or licence as therein expressed, but subject to be rebutted by other evidence.