Section 47: Evidence
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
47. Evidence
In any proceedings for an offence—
(a) the reading on any alcoholometer used by any person shall not
be accepted in evidence unless it agrees with that of the standard alcoholometer kept at the Director-General’s Office;
(b) any excisable goods found in a factory shall, unless the contrary
is proved, be presumed to have been manufactured therein;
(c) the presence of a still together with any wash or residue of
wash on any premises shall, unless the contrary is proved, be
evidence of the unlawful distillation of excisable goods; and
(d) a certificate issued by the Director-General shall, unless the contrary is proved, be evidence of all the facts stated therein without proof of his handwriting.
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