Amendment of section 17.
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(b) it shall be conclusively presumed that the notice under subsection (3) to which the certificate relates was duly served.".
3. Section 17 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following-
"(2) A certificate of posting in the prescribed form purporting to be signed by or for the Commissioner of Police shall be admitted in evidence without further proof on its production to the magistrate by the complainant and—
Amendment of section 19.
4.
Ame-dment of section 20.
Amendment of section 21.
(a) until the contrary is proved, it shall be presumed
that the certificate is so signed;
(b) it shall, subject to subsection (2) of section 18, be conclusively presumed that the summons under sub- section (1) to which the certificate relates was duly served.".
Section 19 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) by inserting, at the end of paragraph (6), the following-
"and"; and
(b) by deleting paragraphs (b) and (c) and substituting the
following-
“(b) a certificate under subsection (1) of section 21.”.
5. Section 20 of the principal Ordinance is amended, in subsection (1), by deleting "paragraph (a) or (b) of".
6. Section 21 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following-
*{1) A certificate in the prescribed form stating-
(a) that the person specified in it was at any particular
time the registered owner of a particular vehicle; (b) that the address specified in it was at any particular
time the registered address of such person; and (c) that payment of the fixed penalty in respect of the contravention specified in any particular notice under subsection (3) of section 15 was not made before the date specified in the certificate,
and purporting to be signed by or for the Commissioner of Police shall be admitted in evidence without further proof on its production to the magistrate by the complainant and-
(i) until the contrary is proved, it shall be presumed that
the certificate is so signed;
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(ii) the certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the
facts stated therein.".
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 4th day of August, 1971.
Clerk to the Legislative Council.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.
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Clerk to the Legislative Council.