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First Schedule. Form 6.

First Schedule. Form 7.

(Cap. 232).

First Schedule, Form 8.

(2) There shall be produced to the Court or Magistrate the following-

(a) a certificate in Form 6 in the First Schedule signed by a police officer authorized in that behalf by the Commissioner of Police certify- ing the particulars of any previous convictions extracted from the criminal records kept by him, and certifying that copies of the finger- prints exhibited to the certificate are copies of the finger-prints appearing from such records; (b) a certificate in Form 7 in the First Schedule signed by the police officer present at the tak- ing of the finger-prints from the person before the Court or Magistrate in exercise of the powers conferred by section 54 of the Police Force Ordinance, or by order of the Court or Magistrate under this section, certifying that the finger-prints exhibited to the certificate are those of such person;

(c) a certificate in Form 8 in the First Schedule signed by a police officer authorized in that behalf by the Commissioner of Police certify. ing that the copies of the finger-prints ex- hibited to Form 6 and the finger-prints exhibited to Form 7 are those of the same person.

(3) Any certificate issued under this section and purporting to be signed by a police officer shall until the contrary is proved be deemed to have been signed by such police officer and shall be evidence of the facts stated therein.

(4) Where no certificate in Form 7 is available the Court or Magistrate may order that the person before the Court shall have his finger-prints taken and that such a certificate shall be prepared.

(5) Where it is desired to prove a conviction in any other part of the Commonwealth, the Court or Magistrate may accept a certificate in Form 6 purport- ing to be signed by the person stated therein to be the

person having control of the relevant criminal records, and such certificate shall be evidence of the facts stated therein.".

3. The First Schedule of the principal Ordinance is amended Amend- by the addition at the end thereof of the following-

To the

ment of First Schedule,

*FORM 0.

[z. 68.]

Certificate of Previous Conviction.

This is to certify that-

(a) the following conviction(s) is/are recorded in the criminal records in my custody relating to the person whose name appears on such recorda aa

and whose finger-prints appear therein also, and

(b) the finger-prints exhibited to this certificate are

thereof.

To the

Signed

true copies

Authorized to sign by Commissioner of Police under section 68(8)(0).

FORM T.

Certificate of Finger-printing.

[». 68.]

This is to certify that the finger-prints exbibited to this certificate were taken on

day of

............................................................. at the KARAKTERkra .................................... from the person of

in my presence and that at that time such person-

(a) was under arrest in connexion with the offence of

(b) had appeared before this court and had been charged with the

offence of

[Delete that which is inapplicable.]

Signed