Nature and Use of Documents Filed

Nature and Use of Documents Filed Sec. 1103. The copies of tariffs and of all contracts, agreements, understandings, and arrangements filed with the Board as herein provided, and the statistics, tables, and figures contained in the annual or other reports of air carriers and other persons made to the Board as required under the provisions of this Act shall be preserved as public records (except as otherwise provided in this Act) in the custody of the secretary of the Board, and shall be received as prima facie evidence of what they purport to be for the purpose of investigations by the Board and in all judicial proceedings; and copies of, and extracts from, any of such tariffs, contracts, agreements, understandings, arrangements, or reports, certified by the secretary of the Board, under the seal of the Board, shall be received in evidence with like effect as the originals.