288AEvidentiary provisions for offences under section 288[[49]](#endnote-50)

288A Evidentiary provisions for offences under section 288[[49]](#endnote-50) (1) In a proceeding for an offence under section 288(1), (2) or (3), evidence that property of an Authority on land owned or occupied by a person has been destroyed, damaged, removed, altered or in any way interfered with, is evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof that the destruction, damage, removal, alteration or interference with has been done by that person. ***property of an Authority on land owned or occupied by a person*** includes— (a) property of an Authority situated on land owned or occupied by a person; or (b) property of an Authority that services only land owned or occupied by a person; or (c) property of an Authority that records the amount of water taken to, delivered to, supplied to or used on land owned or occupied by a person. S. 289 amended by Nos 121/1994 s. 189(3), 5/2002 s. 51, 90/2003 s. 4, 17/2012 s. 52, substituted by No. 23/2019 s. 92.