(1) In a proceeding, a statement in a charge of an offence that a place is a
place to which a provision of this Act applies is evidence that the place is
what it is claimed to be.
(2) In a proceeding for an offence against
section 16, it is not necessary to prove that the police officer starting the
proceeding knew anything had recently been stolen or unlawfully obtained, or
that in fact anything had been stolen or unlawfully obtained, if the
circumstances in which the property had been found gives rise to a reasonable
suspicion that the property had been stolen or unlawfully obtained.
