All copies of documents that have been filed in the office of the Secretary of State, as required or permitted by any provision of this Act, must, when certified by the Secretary of State, be taken and received in all courts, public offices and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the documents. A certificate by the Secretary of State under the seal of the Secretary of State's office as to the nonexistence of a document in the files of the Secretary of State's office must be taken and received in all courts, public offices and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the nonexistence of the document.   [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. B, §31 (COR).]