THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 1, 1929.
Admissibility of register,
etc.
24.-(1) In any proceedings whatso- ever, whether under this Ordinance or not, the following shall be admissible in evidence upon production :--
(a) any register, or any part of any register which appears to be kept under this Ordinance;
(b) any extract from any such regis- ter purporting to be certified as correct by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or Assistant to the Secretary for Chinese Afairs;
(c) any photograph or finger prints which appear to have been taken for the purpose of
any such register.
(2) If any such photograph appears to have a serial number, and if the said serial number occurs in some part of any such register as apparently assigned to some particular mui tsai, it shall, until the con- trary is proved, be assumed that the photo- graph in question is the photograph of the mui tsai indicated by the said serial number.
(3) If any such finger prints appear to have a serial number, and if the said serial number appears in some part of any such register as apparently assigned to some particular mui tsai, it shall, until the con- trary is proved, be assumed that the finger prints in question are the finger prints of the mui tsai indicated by the said serial number.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 31st day of October, 1929.
E. I. WYNNE-Jones,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
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