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\par APPELLATE JURISDICTION
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016 OF 2004S
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid5927188 Appellant
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid5927188 Respondent
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5927188 Hearing: }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 2nd April 2004
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5927188 Judgment: }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 8th April 2004
\par 
\par No appearance for Appellant
\par }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid5927188 Mr. V. Vosarogo}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663  for LTA
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\par This is an appeal ag}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5927188 ainst conviction and sentence. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 
At the hearing of the appeal, the Appellant failed to appear, despite service of the notice of hearing on }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5927188 him at his address in Raiwaqa. }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 I proceeded}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5927188  to judgment. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 However, two days before judgment
, the Appellant filed written submissions, which I have considered.
\par 
\par The Appellant was charged with dr}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5927188 iving an unregistered vehicle. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 The charge read as follows:
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 : Contrary to section 4}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 (1)}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 (3) of the Land Transport Act 1998.
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VIKI VAREA PENE on the 24th day of May 2003 at Suva in the Central Division drove a motor vehicle registration number CW351 in Rodwell Road when the said vehicle was not duly registered with the 
Land Transport Authority and have its vehicle registration expired on the 6th day of May 2003.
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\par He was convicted of the offence on the 22nd of October 2003 and s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 entenced to a fine of $350.00. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 
His grounds of appeal can be summarised as follows:
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The prosecution witness No. 1 gave contradictory evidence;
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PW1 could not prove that the LTA records were correct because the vehicle registration had actually expired on the 30th of May 2003.
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The LTA was at fault for issuing the Appellant with an inaccurate vehicle registration sticker.
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 His submissions (entitled \'93Further Grounds of Appeal\'94
) are that the Magistrate failed to consider discrepancies in the prosecution case, failed to take account of the expiry date of the registration of CW351 which
 he said was the 30th of May 2003 as specified in the receipt he received and that the vehicle sticker which expired on the 6th of May 2003 was an error on the part of the LTA.
\par 
\par The Appellant was tri}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 ed on the 22nd of October 2003.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663  He was unrepre}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 sented.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663  PW1 was Satish Prak}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 ash, a Land Transport Officer. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 
He said that on the 24th of May 2003, at 11.30am he was at Rodwell Road when he stopped the Appellant\rquote s car CW351 and found that his registration had expired on 6th May 2003}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 .}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663  He confirmed this with the LTA Headquarters and issued the Appellant with}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860  a Traffic Infringement Notice.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663  The TIN alleged that the Appellant was driving an unregistered v}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 ehicle on the 24th of May 2003.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663  Under cross-examination, PW1 agreed that the Appellant\rquote s certificate of fitness had been issued o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 
n 30.5.02 to expire on 30.5.03.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663  He also agreed that the Appellant\rquote s third party}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860  insurance expired on 30.5.03. }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 However he said that the Appellant had agreed that he was committing an offence when he was stopped.
\par 
\par PW2 was Mudaliar Jitendra who had been on duty with PW1 at Rodwell Road}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 . He corroborated PW1\rquote s evidence.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 
 He said that the expiry date on the vehicle sticker was the same as the expiry date given to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 them by the licencing sticker. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 
His answers to questions of the court were:
\par 
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sticker s}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 howed expiry date as 6.5.2003. }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 It\rquote s an error.
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icker was not issued in error. }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 There was no error.\'94
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\par PW3 was Ameli}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 a Waqavuki a clerk at the LTA. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 She said that she told Satish Prakash that the expiry date for CW351 wa}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 s 6.5.03. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 This was the information she retrieved from the LTA computer on 24th May 2003}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 . }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 She said that the certificate was valid from 7th February 2002 until 6th May 2003}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 . }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 The Third Party Insurance was to expire on the 1st of June 2003 and the certificate of fitness was issued on 3
0th May 2002 to expire on the 29th of May 2003.  She said that in order to register a vehicle Third Party Insurance and a certific}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 ate of fitness were necessary. }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 She said:
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\par }\pard\plain \s18\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12532860 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 \'93
The difference in the dates of registration and Third Party is that the registration will always show the next date after the expiry date of the previous registration.\'94
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid85663 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 
\par And under cross-examination:
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12532860 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 \'93Registration is 1 year from the last day of registration.\'94
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid85663 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 
\par The Appellant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3409765  chose to give sworn evidence. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 He said that on the 24th of May 2003, LTA Officers seized his vehicle be}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3409765 cause of arrears in wheel tax. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 He said he was lic}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 ensed on the 24th of May 2003.}
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\par However the evidence led in the lower court suggested that his vehicle was not registered on the 24th of May 2003.  He may have had a certificate of fitness on that day, and he may have paid for registration on the 30th of May 2002, but he was charged wit
h dr}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 iving an unregistered vehicle. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 The learned Magistrate, quite correctly, found the charge proved b}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12532860 eyond reasonable doubt.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663  The vehicle was not registered on the 24th of May.
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\par There is no merit in this appeal and it is dismissed.
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3031138 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid12532860 Nazhat Shameem
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid3031138 JUDGE
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid85663 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid85663 
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4539600\charrsid12532860 At Suva
\par 8th April 2004
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