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The display or uttering by a person of a card, sign, advertisement or other printed, engraved or written instrument or device, bearing a person’s name in conjunction with the words 'certified public accountant' or any abbreviation thereof, or 'public accountant' shall be prima facie evidence in any action brought under § 786 or § 787 of this title that the person whose name is so displayed caused or procured the display or uttering of such card, sign, advertisement or other printed, engraved or written instrument or device, and that such person is holding himself out to be [a] certified public accountant or a public accountant holding a permit to practice under § 779 of this title. In any such action evidence of the commission of a single act prohibited by §§ 771—789 of this title shall be sufficient to justify an injunction or a conviction, without evidence of a general course of conduct. History —May 15, 1945, No. 293, p. 1098, § 17, renumbered as § 16 on Apr. 27, 1994, No. 13, § 10.