14 CAP. 172 Immigration [Rev. 2010 (a) the birth, and the date and place of the birth, and the parentage, of any person stated in such certificate to have been born in that country; (b) the death or marriage, and the date, place and circumstances of the death or marriage, and the parentage, of any person stated in such certificate to have died or been married in such country; (c) the relationship by blood, marriage or adoption of any such person as aforesaid to any other such person; (d) the true or the reputed name or names of any such person as aforesaid, or of either of the parents, or of the husband, wife or child, of any other relative by blood, marriage or adoption of any such person; (e) the adoption of any child stated in such certificate to have been adopted in such country, and the date, place and circumstances of any such adoption, and the true or the reputed name or names of any child so adopted and of either of his natural or adoptive parents. (2) In any prosecution for an offence under this Act, in any civil proceedings whatsoever, and in any proceedings in the nature of habeas corpus or under section 84 of the Constitution (which relates to the enforcement of protective provisions), all answers to questions lawfully put to, and all documents lawfully obtained from, any person by an immigration officer in the exercise of his powers under this Act, shall be admissible in evidence. (3) In any prosecution for an offence under this Act, a person shall be deemed to know the contents of any declaration or statement which he has signed or marked, whether or not he has read that declaration or statement, if he knows the nature of the document. (4) A copy of an order purporting to be signed by the Minister and to be made for any of the purposes of section 8, or purporting to be signed by an immigration officer and to be made for any of the purposes of section 8 (5), shall be prima facie evidence of its contents in any court. Burden of proof. 15. Whenever in any legal proceedings under or for any of the purposes of this Act any one or more of the following questions is in issue, namely–