Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)Chapter XII : Presumptions and legal procedure69. Presumptions regarding public road, freeway and public road in urban area |
1) | Where in any prosecution in terms of this Act it is alleged that an offence was committed on a public road, the road concerned shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be presumed to be a public road. |
2) | Where in any prosecution in terms of this Act it is alleged that an offence was committed on a freeway, the road concerned shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be deemed to be a freeway. |
3) | Where in any prosecution in terms of this Act it is alleged that an offence was committed on a public road in an urban area, the road concerned shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be presumed to be a public road in an urban area. |