Meat Safety Act, 2000 (Act No. 40 of 2000)

21. Presumptions and evidence

Purchase

In any prosecution under this Act-

a)	any meat, animal product, substance or material from which a sample has been taken pursuant to the provisions of this Act must, unless evidence to the contrary is adduced, be regarded as having the same properties as that sample; and

b)	any document purporting to have been certified by the national executive officer, an assignee, a provincial executive officer or an authorised person to the effect that it is a true copy of the document to which the proceedings relate, is permissible as evidence in any court.