Hong Kong Regulations

HOUSING (TRAFFIC CONTRAVENTIONS) (FIXED PENALTY) BYLAW - SECT 19

Evidence by certificate and presumptions

A certificate in accordance with Form 5 in Schedule 3 stating -

   (a)  that the person specified in it was at any particular time the
        registered owner or the driver, as the case may be, of a particular
        vehicle;

   (b)  that the address specified in it was at any particular time the
        registered address of such person or, in the case of a driver, the
        address where he normally worked; and

   (c)  that payment of the fixed penalty in respect of the contravention
        specified in any particular notice under section 8(3) was not made
        before the date specified in the certificate and, in the case of an
        application under section 11(2), that the person specified in it had
        not, before the date specified in the certificate, notified the
        Director that he wished to dispute liability for the contravention,
        and purporting to be signed by or for the Director shall be admitted
        in evidence without further proof on its production to the magistrate
        by the complainant or applicant and-

        (i)    until the contrary is proved, it shall be presumed that the
               certificate is so signed;

        (ii)   the certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the facts
               stated therein. (Enacted 1994)