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362 PDFTitle:TRADE DESCRIPTIONS ORDINANCEGazette Number:9 of 2005
Section:24AHeading:Rule of evidence regarding imported goodsVersion Date:17/06/2005

(1) In any prosecution for an offence under this Ordinance in respect of the import of goods to which a false trade description of the place of manufacture, production, processing or reconditioning is applied, evidence that the goods were imported from a place shall be prima facie evidence that the goods were manufactured, produced, processed or reconditioned, as the case may be, in such place. (Amended 9 of 2005 s. 3)
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), in any prosecution for an offence referred to in that subsection, a trade description which indicates that the goods were manufactured, produced, processed or reconditioned in a place shall not be regarded as false only because of the evidence that the goods were imported from another place, if¡X

        (a) that other place is located within the first-mentioned place; or
        (b) the first-mentioned place is located within that other place. (Added 9 of 2005 s. 3)
(Added 2 of 1987 s. 5)