R v Thompson - [1990] 2 NZLR 16

Criminal law — Evidence — Admissibility — Certificate under s 13A of the Evidence Act was signed by Deputy Commissioner of Police who assumed that all proper inquiries had been made by the senior sergeant who had prepared and submitted the certificate for signature — Whether the senior sergeant was required to submit with the certificate a signed memorandum embodying the results of his inquiries — Whether the Commissioner or his Deputy needed personally to search official and other records for the required information — Whether the certificate was admissible — Evidence Act 1908, s 13A (as enacted by s 2 of the Evidence Amendment Act 1986).