shall be admissible, subject to subsection (12), on its production by any person as prima facie proof of those facts. (7) Where oral evidence would be admissible to prove the receipt, delivery, dispatch, custody, packing or marking of any article whatsoever, a document purporting to be an affidavit made by a person who states in it that he is or was employed by the State or is or was a medical practitioner and, where appropriate, that— (a) in the performance of his duties as such he received such an article from or delivered or dispatched such an article to a person or place mentioned in the affidavit; (b) he had the custody of such an article during a period mentioned in the affidavit; (c) when he received, delivered or dispatched the article referred to in paragraph (a) or while it was in his custody, it was packed or marked in the manner described in the affidavit; shall be admissible, subject to subsection (12), on its production by any person as prima facie proof of any such fact. (8) Where oral evidence would be admissible to prove the correctness of any details set out in— (a) a consignment note executed for the purpose of transporting goods by a person who carries on business within Zimbabwe as a public carrier, whether by road, rail or air; or (b) a report prepared by an employee of a person referred to in paragraph (a) revealing a discrepancy between the goods dispatched on a consignment referred to in that paragraph and the goods that arrived at the destination specified in the consignment note; a document which purports to be an affidavit made by a person who states it that he prepared the consignment note or report and that the details set out in the consignment note or report are correct, shall be admissible, subject to subsection (12), on its production by any person as prima facie proof of the correctness of those details. (9) Where oral evidence would be admissible to prove that goods were delivered to a person who carries on business within Zimbabwe as a public carrier, whether by road, rail or air, a document which purports to be an affidavit made by a person who states in it that he delivered the goods or caused the goods to be delivered to the public carrier for transport by the public carrier shall be admissible, subject to subsection (12), on its production by any person as prima facie proof of that fact. (10) Where oral evidence would be admissible to prove one or more of the following— (a) that a person or thing has or has not been registered or licensed or that a permit, certificate or authority has or has not been issued in respect of a person or thing; (b) any particulars of or connected with the registration or licensing of a person or thing or any permit, certificate or authority issued in respect of a person or thing; (c) that anything relating to the registration or licensing of a person or thing or to any permit, certificate or authority issued in respect of a person or thing, including its cancellation or suspension, has or has not been done; a document which purports to be an affidavit made by a person who states in it that— (i) he has the custody or control of records relating to anything referred to in paragraph (a), whether done by himself or any other person; and (ii) from any examination of such records he has ascertained— A. that the person or thing concerned is or is not registered or licensed or that a permit, certificate or authority has or has not been issued to that person or thing; B. any particular referred to in paragraph (b); C. that anything referred to in paragraph (c) has or has not been done; as the case may be; shall be admissible, subject to subsection (12), on its production by any person as prima facie proof of those facts. (11) The court in which a document referred to in this section is produced may, of its own motion or at the request of a party to the civil proceedings concerned— (a) cause the person who made the document or any other person whose evidence appears to be necessary to give oral evidence in relation to any statement contained in the document; or (b) cause written interrogatories to be submitted to the person referred to in paragraph (a) for his reply; and such interrogatories or any document purporting to be a reply to them shall be admissible in the proceedings concerned on their production by any person. (12) A document referred to in subsections (2) to (10) shall not be admissible in any civil proceedings unless— (a) the party intending to produce it has given every other party at least three days’ notice of its intended production; or (b) every other party consents to its production. (13) This section shall not be construed as limiting any provision of this Act or any other enactment under which any document is made admissible in evidence.