Hong Kong Regulations

DAIRIES REGULATIONS - REGULATION 33

Evidence of analysis or bacteriological examination

In any proceedings under these regulations, a document-

   (a)  produced by the prosecution purporting to be a certificate given by
        the public analyst under regulation 32 in the form specified in the
        Schedule; or

   (b)  supplied to the defendant by the prosecution, purporting to be a copy
        of such a certificate, shall be admissible in evidence-

        (i)    as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein; and

        (ii)   as having been signed by the person whose signature appears
               thereon, unless the contrary is proved, unless in the case
               referred to in paragraph (a) the prosecution or the defendant
               requires that the public analyst shall be called as a witness.
               (L.N. 407 of 1990)