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CAP. 374]

Road Traffic

[1989 Ed.

(a) to be signed by or on behalf of the Commissioner or the

Commissioner of Police; and

(b) to certify-

(i) that according to the register of motor vehicles maintained under this Ordinance a person specified in the certificate was registered as the owner of a motor vehicle specified therein; or (ii) that according to the register of driving licences maintained under this Ordinance a person specified in the certificate was the holder of a driving licence specified therein,

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

(2) On the production of a document under subsection (1), the court before which it is produced shall, until the contrary is proved, presume---

(a) that it was signed at the time specified therein by a person duly authorized by the Commissioner or the Commissioner of Police as the case may be; and

(b) that

(i) in the case of a certificate under subsection (1)(b)(i), the person specified in the certificate was at any time specified therein the registered owner of the motor vehicle specified therein; or

(ii) in the case of a certificate referred to in subsection (1)(b)(ii), that the person specified in the certificate was the holder of the driving licence specified therein,

and the certificate shall be prima facie evidence of all the matters contained therein.

75. Proof of matters relating to previous convictions

(1) A document purporting

(a) to be signed by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Police; and (b) to certify that according to the record of convictions for offences under this Ordinance compiled and maintained by the Commis- sioner of Police under this section a person having the name, and holding the driving licence, specified in the certificate is recorded as having on the date specified in the certificate been convicted of the offence under this Ordinance specified in the certificate, shall be admitted in any criminal proceedings before any court on its production without further proof.

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

(a) the court shall, until the contrary is proved, presume that the document was signed at the time specified therein by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Police; and