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[接上页] (a) purports to have been signed by the accused person; (b) was furnished in accordance with a notice served on him under section 12(2); and (c) states that the accused person was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the offence,the court shall admit the statement as prima facie evidence that the accused person was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the offence. Cap 368 s 14A Certificates of image recording and printing devices (1) A document in such form as may be specified by the Authority purporting- (a) to be a record of the testing of the functioning, inspection or servicing of an image recording device, with or without any associated image printing device, used for the purpose of recording and, where appropriate, reproducing the images of vehicles passing through a toll booth, specified in the document; and (b) to be certified as to such testing, inspection or servicing by a person authorized in this behalf by the Authority, (Amended 29 of 1999 s. 2)shall be admitted in any criminal or civil proceedings before any court on its production without further proof. (2) On the production of a document under subsection (1)- (a) the court before which it is produced shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, presume- (i) that it was signed at the time and place specified therein by a person authorized by the Authority; (ii) that the facts stated in the document relating to the testing of the functioning, inspection or servicing of the image recording device and the associated image printing device, if any, specified therein are true; and (iii) that the record of the facts stated in the document was made and compiled at the time stated therein;(b) the document shall be evidence of all other matters contained therein; and (c) the recording and print, if any, produced by using the image recording device and the associated image printing device, where appropriate, shall be evidence of all matters contained therein.(3) Where any document is produced and admitted as evidence under subsection (1), the court may, if it thinks fit, on its own motion or on the application of any party to the proceedings, summon the person who signed the document and examine him as to the subject-matter thereof. (Added 46 of 1993 s. 2) Cap 368 s 14B Certificates as to photographic process (1) A document in such form as may be specified by the Authority purporting to be signed by a person duly appointed under subsection (2) and purporting to be a certificate as to the processing of exposed film received and processed by him shall, together with the photographic prints or photographic enlargements referred to therein, be admitted in evidence in any criminal or civil proceedings before any court on its production without further proof, and- (a) in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the court before which such document is produced shall presume that the signature to the document is genuine and that the person signing it was duly appointed under subsection (2) at the time when he signed it; and (b) such document shall be evidence of all matters contained therein.(2) The Authority may appoint in writing such persons as he thinks fit to carry out the processing of exposed film and to sign certificates under subsection (1) in relation thereto. (3) Where any document is produced and admitted as evidence under subsection (1), the court may, if it thinks fit, on its own motion or on the application of any party to the proceedings, summon the person who signed the document and examine him as to the subject-matter thereof. (Added 46 of 1993 s. 2) Cap 368 s 15 Vehicles etc. causing obstruction If any vehicle or thing is causing an obstruction at any tunnel or is otherwise likely to render the use of the tunnel unsafe the Authority or an operator may at the risk and expense of the owner of such vehicle or thing take all reasonable steps to remove it or cause it to be removed to any place, including any road, that the Authority or the operator may think fit and where necessary in the opinion of the Authority or the operator, may provide for the safe custody thereof. (Amended 63 of 1991 s. 6) Cap 368 s 16 Disposal of abandoned vehicles (1) Where any vehicle has been permitted to remain stationary at any tunnel in such a position or in such condition or in such circumstances that there is reasonable cause to believe that the vehicle has been abandoned an authorized officer may cause a notice to be given, requiring the person in whose name the vehicle is registered to remove it or cause it to be removed. (2) A notice under subsection (1) shall be addressed to the person in whose name the vehicle is registered and shall be given- (a) by sending it to him by registered post at the address shown on the register; or (b) by affixing it to the vehicle.(3) The notice shall- (a) require the person in whose name the vehicle is registered to move or cause it to be moved to a place which is not on any road- (i) if the notice is sent by registered post, within 7 days of its service on him; or |