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6.

MONEY LENDERS (AMENDMENT)

Ord. No. 69/88

A411

(d) to the disclosure of information to the Financial Secre- tary, the Secretary for Monetary Affairs, or any public officer authorized by the Financial Secretary for the purposes of this paragraph where, in the opinion of the Registrar, it is desirable or expedient that information should be disclosed in the public interest.".

The following is added after section 6-

"Documents admissible in evidence

7.

6A. A document purporting to be a copy, certified by or under the authority of the Registrar to be true and correct, of any entry in the register shall be admissible in evidence in criminal or civil proceedings before any court on its produc- tion without further proof and, until the contrary is proved, the court shall presume that-

(a) the signature and certification to the document is that of the Registrar or a person authorized by him

in that behalf; and

(b) the document is a true and correct copy.".

Section added

Section 8(2) is amended by repealing "body corporate" wherever it Application for appears and substituting "company".

8. Section 9(5) is repealed and the following substituted--

"(5) Upon the expiration of a period of 7 days after the material date in respect of any application made under section 8, the Registrar shall lodge the application with such magistrate as he deems fit, together with a copy of any notice served on the applicant under subsection (4).".

9.

"Licensing

court

Section 10 is repealed and the following substituted-

10. (1) Where an application is lodged under section 9(5), the licensing court shall hear and determine the applica- tion in accordance with section 11.

(2) For the purposes of hearing and determining an application lodged under section 9(5), the licensing court shall be constituted by—

(a) where no notice has been served on the applicant under section 9(4) or 11(2)(b)(i), subject to subsec- tion (3), a magistrate sitting alone; and

(b) where a notice has been served on the applicant under section 9(4) or 11(2)(b)(i), a magistrate sitting with 2 assessors.

(3) Without limiting the generality of the power of the licensing court under section 10B(f) to adjourn the hearing of an application lodged under section 9(5), the licensing court shall, where—

licence and public notification of application

Investigation

and lodgement of applications

Sections substituted