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(47 of 1982.) [*16.7.82.)
Certificates of accuracy of speedometers and radar and weighing devices.
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Evidence
[1984 Ed.
(2) The Chief Justice may appoint in writing any person to make and to certify, for the purposes of this section, translations of documents written in any language specified in the terms of the appointment.
(3) A person appointed under subsection (2) may certify, for the purposes of this section, a translation of a document written in a language specified in the terms of his appointment notwithstanding that the translation was not made by him.
(4) Where any document is produced and admitted in evidence under subsection (1), the court may, if it thinks fit, on its own motion or on the application of any part to the proceedings, summon the person who certified the document and examine him as to the subject-matter thereof.
(5) No document admitted in evidence in any criminal or civil proceedings prior to the commencement* of the Evidence (Amendment) Ordinance 1982 and purporting to have been so admitted under the provisions of this section in force immediately prior to such commencement, shall be held to have been wrongly admitted on the ground only that the document was made by a person other than the person who signed it if the person who signed it was a person appointed under those provisions to carry out the translation of documents and to sign certificates in relation thereto.
(6) A person who immediately prior to the commencement of the Evidence (Amendment) Ordinance 1982 was a person appointed under the provisions of this section in force prior to such commencement shall, as respects translations of documents written in any language specified in the terms of his appointment under those provisions, be deemed to be appointed under subsection (2) of this section.
(7) In this section "translation" means a translation in the English language.
28. (1) A document purporting-
(Replaced, 47 of 1982, s. 2)
(a) to be a record of the testing of the accuracy, inspection and servicing of---
(i) the speedometer of the motor vehicle specified in the document;
(ii) a radar device or apparatus specified in the document designed and used for the purpose of ascertaining the speed of a motor vehicle; or
(iii) a weighing device or apparatus specified in the document designed and used for the purpose of ascertaining the laden or unladen weight of a motor vehicle; and