Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1971 - SECT 75

    (1)     A written certificate signed by a person who has made a scientific examination of an article or body setting out—

        (a)     the person's scientific qualifications; and

        (b)     that the person has made the examination; and

        (c)     the facts ascertained and the conclusions reached;

is admissible in evidence—

        (d)     on the hearing of a proceeding before the Magistrates Court for an indictable offence; and

        (e)     on an inquest or inquiry held under the Coroners Act 1997.

    (2)     Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the Magistrates Court or the coroner from requiring the person by whom such a certificate has been given to attend and give evidence before the court or the coroner.

    (3)     If a certificate referred to in subsection (1) is tendered in a proceeding before the Magistrates Court, the court shall not dispose of the case summarily except with the consent of the person charged.