Amendment of section 57.
Certificate
of chrono.
meter.
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records shall be admitted in evidence in criminal pro- ceedings before any court on its production without further proof, and-
(a) until the contrary is proved, the court before which such document is produced shall presume-
(i) that the document is certified by such officer:
(ii) that the document is a true copy of the records or part of the records to which it refers: and
(ii) that the records were duly made and compiled at the time referred to in the docu- ment; and
(b) such document shall be prima facie evidence
of all matters contained therein.
230. A document purporting to be a record of of accuracy the testing of and the accuracy of a chronometer and purporting to be certified by an officer of the Royal Observatory shall be admitted in evidence in criminal proceedings before any court on its production with- out further proof, and-
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(a) until the contrary is proved the court before which such document is produced shall presume-
(i) that the document is certified by such officer:
(if) that the facts stated in the document relating to the chronometer are true; and
(iii) that the record was made and com- piled at the time referred to in the document: and
(6) such document shall be prima facie evidence
of all matters contained therein.".
Section 57 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsections (1) and (1A) and substituting the following-
"(1) Any judge of the Supreme Court may, on applica- tion or on his own motion, issue a warrant or order for bringing up any person in lawful custody before any court to enable such person to prosecute, pursue, defend or be examined as a witness in, any proceedings, either criminal or civil, before such court.
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(1A) Any District Judge or magistrate may, on applica- tion or on his own motion, issue a warrant or order for bringing up any person in lawful custody before the District Court or any magistrate, as the case may be, to enable such person to prosecule, pursue, defend or be examined as a witness in, any proceedings, either criminal or civil, before such District Court or magistrate.".
4. The enactments specified in the first column of the Consequential Schedule are amended respectively in the manner and to the extent specified in the second column thereof.
amendment of enactmenti. Schedule
SCHEDULE.
Criminal Procedure Ordinance
District Court Ordinance
Section 48 is repealed. Section 15 is repealed.
(CHR. 3213
(CMP, 1J
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which passed the Legislative Council on the 2nd day of August, 1967, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill.
(Secretariat GR. 6/3231/65)
Han
Deputy Clerk of Councils.