Part 7Offences
69Presumptions relating to offences
If, in the vicinity of a park, any person is found in possession of any plant, stone, mineral, egg, nest, animal, taonga tūturu, or relic, or any part of any such thing, and, upon being required by any ranger fails or refuses to give a satisfactory account of the manner in which he became possessed of the same, it shall be evidence that he has removed it from the park.
In any proceedings for an offence under this Act or any bylaws made under this Act, it shall be presumed in the absence of proof to the contrary, that all maps, plans, and copies of maps or plans appearing to be certified as true under the hand of a Chief Surveyor are so certified without production of the original records and without the personal attendance of those officers or proof of their signatures.
Notes
- Section 69(1): amended, on , by section 35 of the Protected Objects Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 37).