Hong Kong Ordinances

TSING SHA CONTROL AREA ORDINANCE - SECT 19

Certificates as to photographic process

(1) A document in such form as may be specified by the Commissioner purporting
to be signed by a person appointed under subsection (3) 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 in the document, be admitted as evidence in any proceedings before
any court on its production without further proof.

(2) On the production of a document before a court under subsection

(1)—

   (a)  the court shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary,
        presume—

        (i)    that the signature to the document is genuine; and

        (ii)   that the person signing the document was appointed under
               subsection (3) at the time when he signed it; and

   (b)  the document is evidence of all matters contained in it.

(3) The Commissioner may appoint in writing such persons as he thinks fit to
carry out the processing of exposed film and to sign certificates referred to
in subsection (1) in relation to such processing.

(4) If any document is 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 of the document.