MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 142
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 142
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 a motor vehicle bears a number other than the number
issued under this Act 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 an information 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 an information that at the time mentioned in the information
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 an information 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.