(a) In any action, civil or criminal, a certificate signed and sealed by the Secretary of State, stating compliance or noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter, shall constitute prima-facie evidence of such compliance or noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter and shall be admissible in any such action.

(b) In any action, civil or criminal, copies, photostatic or otherwise, certified by the Secretary of State of any documents filed in his or her office and of any of his or her records shall be admissible with the same effect as the original of such documents or records would have if actually produced.