Hong Kong Ordinances

APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE - SECT 43

Evidence by certificate

(1) A certificate-

   (a)  stating whether or not a contract of apprenticeship is registered
        under this Ordinance; or

   (b)  containing a copy of any entry required to be made under this
        Ordinance in the register, and purporting to be signed by or on behalf
        of the Director shall be admitted in evidence without further proof on
        its production in any legal proceedings and-

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

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

(2) A copy of a contract of apprenticeship or a variation document certified
by or on behalf of the Director as a true copy of a contract of 
apprenticeship or variation document, as the case may be, shall be admitted in
evidence without further proof on its production in any legal proceedings and-

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

   (b)  the certified copy of the contract of apprenticeship or
        variation document shall be prima facie evidence of its contents.
        (Amended 13 of 1982 s. 11)