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hy the Commissioner-General generally or specifically for that purpose.
and to the Prosecutor-GeneraL and to any agency of the State having any
statutory responsibility in respect of the :-.eizcd article(a)
the full particulars of such article. including a sufficient
description of it and the dates of its seizme and forfeiture
to the State; and
(b)
the date, time and place for the destruction of the article,
or, if the article is to be disposed of in any other manner,
the manner of its disposal and the date, time and place of
the disposal.
(6) The res1xmsible police officer shall be in charge of the
destruction or disposal of the sein~d article at the date, time and place
referred to in subsection (S)(b):
Provided that whenever the responsible police of1iccr is preYented
hy illness or other reasonable cause from discharging his or her function
under this subsection, such function shall be discharged by any police
officer of or above the rank of sergeant designated by the responsible
police officer for that purpose.
(7) The Prosecutor-General or any public prosecutor appointed
by the Prosecutor-General generally or specifically for that purpo~e. ami
any other person on hehalf of an agency that received a commtmication
referred to in subsection (5), shall be entitled to be present atthe destruction
of the seized article or to witness its disposal, as the case may he.
(8) On the date and time appointed hy the responsible police
officer under subsection (5), the police officer inc barge of the destruction
or disposal of the seized mticle shall, immediately upon such destruction
or disposal, sign a declaration attesting to the destruction or disposal of
the seized mticle, to which any \Vitnesses authorised hy subsection (7) to
be present thereat shall also subscribe their names and signatures.
638 Admissibility in evidence of certain notices and entries made
under this Part
( 1) Any original or authenticated copy of(a)
a full receipt issued in relation to an article seized in terms
of this Part;
(b)
an entry in an inventory referred to in section 58( I )(b);
(c)
a notice ofdestruction or disposal of a seized article or a notice
to be present at the destruction or disposal thereof issued to
any person for the purposes of section 58(3)(a) or (c);
(d)
a notice of further retention of the seized a1ticle served in
tenus of section 58/\.( I);
(e)
an entry in an occurrence book made for the purposes of
sectiou63A(3);
shall, upon its mere production by any person, he prima .facie prlX)f of
the facts stated therein.".
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Amendment of section 66 of Cap. 9:07
Section (>6 ("Summary committal for trial of accused person") of the principal
Act is amended-
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