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National Land Transport Act, 2009 (Act No. 5 of 2009)

Chapter 7 : Law Enforcement

88. Presumptions and proof of certain facts

 

(1) A document which purports to be an operating licence or permit issued under this Act or a certified copy thereof, must on mere production in any prosecution for an offence mentioned in section 90(1) be admissible in evidence as proof that it is such an operating licence or permit which had been lawfully issued, or that it is a true copy thereof, as the case may be, and of the truth and accuracy of the particulars thereof.

 

(2) A document which states that the motor vehicle described therein is registered, under the relevant law, in the name of a person specified therein as the owner, and which purports to have been issued under such a law by an employee of the registering authority for motor vehicles of the place where the vehicle was so registered, is on mere production in a prosecution under this Act, admissible as sufficient proof of that person's registered ownership of the vehicle and of the truth and accuracy of the particulars contained therein.