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CAP. 8]

Evidence

[1984 Ed.

Certified transcripts of tape recordings.

(i) ensured that the appropriate postage on the said document or notice was prepaid; and

(ii) despatched the said document or notice by post or by registered post at the said specified time and place,

shall be admitted in any criminal or civil proceedings before any court on its production without further proof.

(2) On the production of a certificate under subsection (1)—

(a) the court before which it is produced shall, until the

contrary is proved, presume-

(i) that the facts stated therein relating to the posting of the document or notice specified therein are true;

(ii) that the certificate was signed at the time and place specified therein by the person who posted the specified document or notice; and

(b) the certificate shall be prima facie evidence of all of the

matters contained therein.

29A. (1) A document purporting-

(Added, 35 of 1972, s. 3)

(a) to be a transcript of the whole or any part of a record in a language other than the English language which has been admitted in evidence in any criminal or civil proceedings; and

(b) to be certified, by a person appointed under subsection (2) to certify transcripts of records in such other language, as an accurate transcript,

shall be admitted in evidence in those proceedings on its production without further proof and, until the contrary is proved, the court before which such document is produced shall presume that-

(i) the signature on the document of the person certifying it is

genuine;

(ii) such person was at the time of certifying the document appointed under subsection (2) to certify transcripts of records in such other language; and

(iii) the document is an accurate transcript of the whole or part

of the record to which it purports to refer.

(2) The Chief Justice may appoint in writing any person to make and to certify, for the purposes of this section, transcripts of records in any language specified in the terms of the appointment.

(3) A person appointed under subsection (2) may certify, for the purposes of this section, a transcript of a record in a language specified in the terms of his appointment notwithstanding that the transcript was not made by him.

(4) Where any document is produced and admitted in evidence under subsection (1), the court may, if it thinks fit, on its own motion

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