Fiefia v Department of Labour - [1983] NZLR 704

Evidence — Admissibility of documentary hearsay evidence — Interpretation of s 3(1)(b) of the Evidence Amendment Act (No 2) 1980 — Prosecution sought to rely on a stamp in defendant's passport to prove that a temporary permit had been granted to him and to prove the permit's expiry date — There was no evidence from the immigration officer who had made out the permit — Whether the stamped entry in the passport was admissible as evidence under s 3(1)(b)(iii) of the 1980 amendment.