Merchandise Marks Act, 1887

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Rules as to evidence.

10.[¹] In any prosecution for an offence against this Act,—

(1) A defendant, and his wife or her husband, as the case may be, may, if the defendant thinks fit, be called as a witness, and, if called, shall be sworn and examined, and may be cross-examined and re-examined in like manner as any other witness.

(2) In the case of imported goods, evidence of the port of shipment shall be primâ facie evidence of the place or country in which the goods were made or produced.

[¹ See as to England, and Scotland, the Criminal Evidence Act, 1898, 61 & 62 Vict. c. 36.]