24. Evidence
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A document purporting to be a report under the hand of a Medical Officer of Health, an entomologist in the service of the Government or a Public Health Engineer appointed under section 4 of the Environmental Public Health Act [Cap. 95] upon a matter or thing duly submitted to him for examination, analysis or report shall be admissible as evidence in any proceedings under this Act or any regulations made thereunder and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein, unless the court or the accused requires him to be called as a witness.
Medical Officer of Health
“Medical Officer of Health” means any registered medical practitioner in the service of the Government who is for the time being carrying out the duties of a Health Officer in any area or district in Singapore or the port limits thereof, and includes the Airport Health Officer, the Port Health Officer and any registered medical practitioner in the service of the Government who is engaged in vector control duties;
In a case in which the prosecutor intends to give in evidence such report, he shall deliver a copy thereof to the accused not less than 10 clear days before the commencement of the proceedings.
The contents of a document prepared, issued or served under, by virtue of or for the purposes of this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to be correct and the production of a document or book purporting to contain an apportionment as between the owner and the occupier of premises of the costs and expenses incurred by the Commissioner, a Medical Officer of Health or a public health auxiliary in doing, or performing under section 15, acts or things required by an order made pursuant to section 9(1), (3) or (4) to be done or performed shall, without any other evidence, be received as prima facie proof of the making and validity of the apportionment mentioned therein.
owner
“owner” means the person for the time being receiving the rent of any premises, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee or as receiver, or who would receive the same if the land or house comprised in the premises were let to a tenant, and includes the Government;
All records, registers and other documents kept by the Commissioner or by a public officer for the purposes of this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall be deemed to be public documents, and copies thereof or extracts therefrom certified by the officer responsible for the custody thereof to be true copies or extracts, as the case may be, and subscribed by the officer with his name and his official title shall be admissible in evidence as proof of the contents of such documents or extracts therefrom. [20D
Commissioner
“Commissioner”, “Deputy Commissioner of Public Health” and “Assistant Commissioner of Public Health” mean respectively the Commissioner of Public Health, a Deputy Commissioner of Public Health and an Assistant Commissioner of Public Health appointed under section 4(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act;