Addition of
(b) in subsection (2) by deleting "public officers" and
substituting the following-
"persons".
3. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding, after section 29A. section 29, the following new section-
"Certified transcripts of tape recordings.
29A. (1) A document which-
(a) purports to be signed by a person appointed
under subsection (2); and
(8) purports to be a certified transcript made by him in a language other than the English language of a record which has been ad- mitted in evidence in any çivil or criminal proceedings and which is in whole or in part in such language.
shall be admitted in evidence in those proceedings on its production without further proof and, until the contrary is proved, the court shall presume that-
(i) the signature to the document is that of the
person appointed under subsection (2); (ii) the person signing the document was ap- pointed under subsection (2) at the time when he signed it; and
(iii) the document is an accurate transcript in the language of the record to which it purports to refer.
(2) The Chief Justice may appoint in writing such persons as he thinks fit to carry out the transcrip- tion of records and to sigo certificates under subsection (1) in relation thereto.
(3) Where any document is produced and ad- mitted as evidence under subsection (1), the court may, if it thinks fit, on its own motion or on the application of any party to the proceedings, summon the person who signed the document and examine him as to the subject matter thereof.
(4) In this section "record" means any disc, tape, sound track or other device in which sounds or other data (not being visual images) are embodied so as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment) of being reproduced therefrom.”.
4. Section 40(5) of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment deleting "Governor" and substituting the following-
of section 40.
"Colonial Secretary",
5. Section 41 of the principal Ordinance is amended in Amendment paragraph (c) of the definition of "authorized person" by deleting of section "Governor" and substituting the following-
"Colonial Secretary".
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 26th day of February, 1975.
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,
41.