EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 41
EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 41
41 . Customs prosecutions, proof of appointment of officers
On the trial of a
person charged with any offence of which the fact that some person was at some
particular time an officer of Customs, or was at some particular time employed
for the prevention of smuggling, is an element, the averment in the indictment
or prosecution notice that any person therein mentioned was an officer of
Customs, or was employed for the prevention of smuggling at any time therein
stated, shall be sufficient evidence of the fact until the contrary is shown.
[Section 41 amended: No. 84 of 2004 s. 80.]