Cap. 53activeordinance

Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance

古物及古蹟條例

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s.20

Evidence

(1)
Subject to this section, in any civil or criminal proceedings if it is proved
                that a relic or alleged relic was in Hong Kong after the date of
                    commencement
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of this Ordinance, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the
                discovery of the relic or alleged relic occurred after that date.
(2)
A presumption arising under subsection (1) shall be rebutted if the court is
                satisfied that the relic or alleged
relic—
(a)
has been in the possession of a party to the proceedings, or of such a
                    party and any identifiable person from whom he acquired possession, for a period
                    of not less than 6 years prior to the commencement of the proceedings;
                    or
(b)
has at any time before the commencement of the proceedings been imported
                    into Hong Kong.
(3)
In any civil or criminal proceedings a certificate, purporting to be signed by
                the Authority and stating that anything is an antiquity, shall be admissible in
                evidence and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.