Chapter:	68	Title:	WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	35	Heading:	Evidence by certificate	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) In any proceedings for an offence under this Ordinance, a certificate purporting to be signed-

(a) by an authorized officer or a public officer working in a Government laboratory and certifying that the goods specified in the certificate were weighed, measured or counted by him on a particular date and were of a particular weight, measure or count;
(b) by an authorized officer and certifying the degree of accuracy of any weighing or measuring equipment used for trade that was tested by him on a particular date;
(c) by a public officer in charge of a Government laboratory and certifying the degree of accuracy of any weighing or measuring equipment or any working and field standard that was tested by him at the said laboratory on a particular date,

(a) the magistrate before whom it is produced shall, until the contrary is proved, presume that the certificate was signed by the public officer and at the time specified therein; and
(b) the certificate shall be prima facie evidence of all the matters contained therein.