(1) Any prosecution or other proceeding under this Act or the regulations may be commenced either by the Minister or by the Commissioner, or by any officer under the Commissioner duly authorised by the Commissioner in that behalf either generally or in any particular case.

(2) The production of a certificate that the person named therein is an officer authorised by the Commissioner under this section, either generally or specially, shall be prima facie evidence that the person named therein is an officer and of the extent of the authorisation under which he acts.

[Section 45 amended by No. 91 of 1990 s. 14; No. 84 of 2004 s. 80.]