Police v Maughan Police v Adams Police v Smith - [1975] 2 NZLR 755

Transport and transport licensing — Offences — Driving while intoxicated — Blood sample requested from hospital some days after it had been taken, delivered to analyst — Time within which sample must be delivered — Insufficiency of evidence, certificates containing wrong address of accused — Transport Act 1962, ss 58D(2)(5); 58B(6); 58B(9); 58D(6)(b).

Evidence — Presumptions — Statutory presumption in respect of certificate — Certificate must comply strictly with the statutory requirements to be admissible as evidence — Transport Act 1962, ss 58B(9); 58D(6)(b).