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MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 142

142—Facilitation of proof

In proceedings for an offence against this Act—

            (a)         proof that a motor vehicle does not bear a distinguishing number as prescribed by this Act or that it does not bear a registration label required by this Act or that it bears a number or a registration label other than the one issued in respect of that motor vehicle is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, proof that the motor vehicle is not registered;

            (c)         the allegation in a complaint that a place is a street or road is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, proof that that place is a road within the meaning of this Act;

            (d)         the allegation in a complaint that at the time mentioned in the complaint there was not in force in respect of a particular motor vehicle a policy of insurance complying with Part 4 is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, proof of the fact so alleged;

            (e)         the allegation in a complaint that a person performed a specified act for or in expectation of any fee or reward or benefit, or in the course of a business, is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, proof of the fact so alleged;

            (f)         a document purporting to be a certificate signed by a police officer of or above the rank of inspector stating that a person specified in the certificate was or was not given an accident towing direction on a specified day and in relation to a motor vehicle and accident specified in the certificate is proof of the matters so stated in the absence of proof to the contrary.



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