2 Aug 1978
ATTORNEY GENERAL v. MA YEE-CHAN
- Citation
- ATTORNEY GENERAL v. MA YEE-CHAN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC631/1978
Although there is no explicit statutory provision making a taximeter reading per se evidence of the appropriate fare, a magistrate is entitled to accept the sealed and inspected meter reading as prima facie evidence of the correct fare for the journey unless there is positive indication of inaccuracy; therefore the prosecution need not call evidence of distance in the absence of such indication.