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(b) the document shall be evidence that the person having the name and holding the driving licence specified in the document was on the date so specified convicted of the offence so specified.
(3) The Commissioner of Police may, for the purposes of this section, cause to be compiled and maintained from information obtained from such persons and in such manner as the Commissioner of Police shall determine records of conviction of persons for offences under this Ordinance.
(4) Any records of convictions of persons for offences under this Ordinance compiled and maintained by the Commissioner of Police prior to the commencement of this section shall be deemed to be records compiled and kept under this section.
(5) The Commissioner of Police shall on payment of the prescribed fee issue to the holder of a driving licence a record of all convictions of offences under this Ordinance recorded in respect of that person or, where it appears from records maintained by the Commissioner of Police that such person has not been convicted of an offence under this Ordinance, a certificate to that effect. (Amended 66 of 1987 s. 3)
(6) Neither the Government nor any public officer shall be subject to any action, liability, claim or demand whatsoever arising out of compliance with, or any failure to comply in any respect with, subsection (5).
76. Service
(1) Unless otherwise specifically provided by this Ordinance, any notice required to be served under this Ordinance may be served by sending it by post-
(a) where it is directed to a registered owner, to his registered address; or
(b) where it is directed to a driver, to his last known postal address.
(2) A certificate of posting in the prescribed form purporting to be signed by or for the Commissioner or the Commissioner of Police, as the case may be, shall be admitted in evidence on its production without further proof and-
(a) until the contrary is proved, it shall be presumed that the certificate is so signed;
(b) it shall be conclusively presumed that the notice to which the certificate relates was duly served.
77. Exemptions of fire engines, etc. from speed limits and traffic lights
(1) The provisions of any enactment imposing a speed limit on motor vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle on an occasion when it is being used for fire services, ambulance, customs and excise service or police purposes, if
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(b) the document shall be evidence that the person having the name and holding the driving licence specified in the document was on the date so specified convicted of the offence so specified.
(3) The Commissioner of Police may, for the purposes of this section, cause to be compiled and maintained from information obtained from such persons and in such manner as the Commissioner of Police shall determine records of conviction of persons for offences under this Ordinance.
(4) Any records of convictions of persons for offences under this Ordinance compiled and maintained by the Commissioner of Police prior to the commencement of this section shall be deemed to be records compiled and kept under this section.
(5) The Commissioner of Police shall on payment of the prescribed fee issue to the holder of a driving licence a record of all convictions of offences under this Ordinance recorded in respect of that person or, where it appears from records maintained by the Commissioner of Police that such person has not been convicted of an offence under this Ordinance, a certificate to that effect. (Amended 66 of 1987 s. 3)
(6) Neither the Government nor any public officer shall be subject to any action, liability, claim or demand whatsoever arising out of compliance with, or any failure to comply in any respect with, subsection (5). -
76. Service
(1) Unless otherwise specifically provided by this Ordinance, any notice required to be served under this Ordinance may be served by sending it by post-
(a) where it is directed to a registered owner, to his registered
address; or
(b) where it is directed to a driver, to his last known postal address. (2) A certificate of posting in the prescribed form purporting to be signed by or for the Commissioner or the Commissioner of Police, as the case may be, shall be admitted in evidence on its production without further proof and-
(a) until the contrary is proved, it shall be presumed that the
certificate is so signed;
(b) it shall be conclusively presumed that the notice to which the
certificate relates was duly served.
77. Exemptions of fire engines, etc. from
speed limits and traffic lights
(1) The provisions of any enactment imposing a speed limit on motor vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle on an occasion when it is being used for fire services, ambulance, customs and excise service or police purposes, if
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