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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 185 : Enforcement

Subpart 1 : General

185.01.4 Evidence

 

In criminal proceedings under the regulations—

(a) a written statement certified and signed by the Director that a licence, rating, certificate, permit, approval, authorisation or exemption, as the case may be, has not been granted or issued to a specific person shall, upon the mere production thereof, be accepted as prima facie proof of the facts mentioned therein;
(b) a document certified by the Director to be a copy of a licence, certificate, permit, approval, authorisation or exemption and signed by the Director shall, upon the mere production thereof, be accepted as prima facie proof of the fact that the person whose name appears as the holder of the licence, certificate, permit, approval, authorisation or exemption, as the case may be, on that copy, was the holder of the licence, certificate, permit, approval, authorisation or exemption at the time when the offence was committed;
(c) a document certified to be an extract, by the Director or a copy signed by the Director, of any register maintained in terms of these Regulations shall, upon the mere production thereof, be accepted as prima facie proof of the facts mentioned therein; and
(d) evidence supplied by an enforcement officer and obtained by the use of specialised equipment, such as weighing scales, video recorders, small hand-held recording devices, navigation and communication transceivers and secondary equipment, shall be proved in terms of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977) and common law rules relating to evidence.