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Forests Law (No. 13 of 1966) - Sect 49

Penalty for being in possession or use of forged documents for counterfeit or unauthorized marking hammers and presumption as to commission of offences. [ 16, 13 of 1966.]

48A.
(1) Whoever-
(a) tenders or has in his possession in support of any claim any forged document purporting to be a permit issued under this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder, or
(b) has in his possession or uses a counterfeit or unauthorized stamping or marking hammer,
(2) If, in any prosecution under this section against any person, there is produced a certificate from the Government Analyst to the effect that the stamping or marking hammer or the document for the possession or use of which such person is being charged, is a counterfeit or unauthorized stamping or marking hammer, or a certificate from the Government Analyst to the effect that the document for the possession or use of which such person is being charged is a forged document, as the case may be, then it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the document in question is a forged document or that the stamping or marking hammer in question is a counterfeit or unauthorized stamping or marking hammer, as the case may be.
(3) In subsection (2) " Government Analyst " means the person for the time being holding the office of Government Analyst, and includes any person for the time being holding the office of Deputy Government Analyst or Assistant Government Analyst.

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