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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FIJI
\par (WESTERN DIVISION)
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4747729\charrsid12410801 AT LAUTOKA
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202\charrsid12410801 APPELLATE JURISDICTION}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4747729\charrsid12410801 
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\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4747729\charrsid16477810  }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4747729\charrsid13727202 Abbas}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4747729\charrsid16477810 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4747729\charrsid9450655 s/o Abdul Rahiman
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16477810 Mr. Jay Raj Singh & S.R. Sha}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9450655 n}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16477810 kar for the Appellant }{
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\par Mr. K.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7742421  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16477810 A. Kumar for the Respondent}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7742421 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16477810 Umar Ali alias Abbas was convicted in the Magistrate}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16477810 s Court}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13843029  at Tavua before Mr. M. B. Shaw }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16477810 Yates on 18th November 1976 on three counts of contravening the Traffic Regulations 1974 first of carrying excess }
{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13843029 passengers}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16477810  contrary to Regulation 98(1) secondly of failing to keep and carry driving records contrary to Regulation 1w}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4879212 6 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid600458 (1)}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16477810 (a) and thirdly of failing to wear a public service vehicle drivers}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16477810  badge contrary to regulation 24(1)(9)(a).}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7742421 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16477810 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13843029 There are several }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12602406 g}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13843029 
rounds of appeal but the principal ground and that which the appellant put in the forefront}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid600458  of his case was that the learned}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13843029  Magistrate decline
d to grant the appellant an adjournment. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1450871 
The offences charged were alleged to have been committed on 23rd December 1975 and the summons first came before the Court on 12th April 1976, when the accused and his solicitor were both present. The case was adjou
rned for mention to 14th June, on which date although no mention }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid350878 is made }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1450871 
on the record, it must have been further adjourned to 16th August. On that date the accused was not present, and trial was fixed for 19th October. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6438163 I would observe in passing that if a
n accused person does not attend on a minor offence, and }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1378628 his trial can proceed, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid350878 it should }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1770893 
proceed in his absence. On 13th October the prosecution and accused}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1770893 
s counsel appeared and the prosecution asked for another date as a prosecution witness was not available. The trial was then fixed for 18th November. On that day I am informed by Mr. Shankar that he had asked the Magistrate at Ba for an adjournment }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10031547 because he was engaged in the Supreme Court and had been told that his request would be acceded to if the prosecution agreed. He concedes, however, that owing to what he was called }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10031547 a failure in communications}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10031547 
 the prosecutor was not informed. I think that legal practitioners must understand that the business of the Magistrate}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10031547 s Court is not to be held 
}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6438724 up because counsel wishes to appear in the Supreme Court. Mr Shankar has a partner to whom he could quite well hav}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5128371 
e handed this particular brief and if he could not, he should have instructed someone else}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9792533 . If he could not get anyone else}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15027767 ,}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5128371  this is a case which should have gone on without the counsel. I am not prepared to accept the Magistrate}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5128371 s refusal to adjourn this c}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202 ase as a good ground of appeal.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16477810 
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\par I pass then to the other grounds. Mr. Shankar urges that the conviction}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13064301 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4879961  must be set aside because they are 
based upon hearsay evidence. The witness Jemesa Koroi says that he saw heavy public service vehicle AL290. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12545226 He saw by a board on the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13064301 
bus that it was licenced to carry 61 passengers and he counted 63}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12220842 . T}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13064301 he gravamen of the offence on this count is that the veh
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s driving was carrying a greater number of passengers than were authorised under the licence under which the vehicle operated. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12220842 The}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1320509  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12220842 witness says}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1320509  that he checked the board on the bus and it said that the bus was licenced to carry 61 passengers. Concerning this the witness said }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1320509 I checked the board on }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202 bus says 61." I interpret this -}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1320509  and I pause to say that it should not be necessary for this Court to interpret a Magistrate}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1320509 
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 to mean that the witness checked the board on the bus and it showed that the bus was licensed to carry 61 passengers. The witness proceeds }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1320509 
It had no authority for standing passengers. I pointed it }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7087299 out }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12545226 to}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1320509  driver.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1320509  Now Regulation 98(2) so far as it is material reads as follows:
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(2) On every public service vehicle there shall be conspicuously displayed in letters and figures }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14230436 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6256032 
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in the case of omnibus, in the interior of the vehicle ab}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid553287 ove the windscreen and the left;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6256032  and
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a notice stating in the English language the number of seated passengers which the vehicle is licensed to carry and the number o
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Now that notice required by s.98(2) is a statutory notice which is required to appear on every omnibus, which term is defined in s.2 of the regulation}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15625100 s}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6256032  to mean a heavy public service vehicle. The witness Jemesa Koroi therefore saw an omnibus and it had the prescribed notice disp}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14230436 
layed stating that it was licenc}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6256032 ed to carry 61 passengers. He counted 63. Ergo the vehicle was loaded in excess of its capacity and the driver had }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3948236 
committed}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6256032  an offence against the Regulation}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11409495 . Mr. Shankar }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15625100 referred}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11409495  to }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11409495\charrsid15625100 R v Eggers}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11409495 
 Criminal Appeal No. 49 of 1973 in which the present Chief Justice pointed out that evidence concerning a vehicle licence }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14230436 was hearsay. But that is not this}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11409495  case. Here the regulation }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9446817 requires a notice. The vehicle had that notice. The number of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15625100 
passengers}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9446817  was in excess of the notice. I }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15625100 think the convi}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11680491 ction on this count must stand.}{
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9446817 
\par Then Mr. Shankar argued that the conviction on the second count was likewise based upon hearsay evidence. But I do not think that is the case. The witness Jemesa said the accused said he did not have a driving record. The accused said the policeman did no
t }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202 ask him for his driving record.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9446817 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11093789 
\par The Magistrate believed the policeman. Regulation 126(1) provides that a driver of a public service vehicle must carry with him at all times while driving the vehicle a current record showing the periods during which the driver is employed. Mr. Sha}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14616928 n}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11093789 kar submitted that there was no evidence that t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15480702 he accused was the driver of a}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11093789  public service vehicle. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2183915 But the accused swears }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16278791 that }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2183915 he is a bus driver. Mr. Shankar says that the giving of his occupation is not part of his evidence on oath but I have never known of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15480702 any practic}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2183915 e other than for a witness to take the oath and give his name, address and occupation after he has taken }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2755652 the }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2183915 oath. He did not deny that he was }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2169937 driving heavy public service vehicle AL290. Moreover he swore that he was not asked for his }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12538121 driving record and he denied say}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2169937 ing it was at home. It seem}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15480702 s}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2169937  to me that there was clear evidence on the second }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15480702 count upon which the Magistrate, i}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2169937 
f he believed it, could act. He did believe it, and the conviction }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12018003 t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2169937 here must stand.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11093789 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8000475 
\par Again on the third count the accused said he had his badge on. He denied saying it was at home. He said that the witness did not ask for it. The witness said that accused was not }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15480702 wearing}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8000475  his badge and the Magistrate believed him. There was a breach of regul
ation 24(9a) which requires that a driver wear or carry his badge while he is driving. The appeal against conviction on this count also fails.
\par 
\par The appellant also complains that he should have been advised of his right to}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6174280  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8000475 cross-examine. The record suggests that he was}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9439188  and there is no real suggestion}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8000475 
 that he was not. Nor can I see that the appellant was not allowed to close his case. That submission is based upon the fact that the Magistrate has omitted to write }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8000475 case}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8000475  after the appellant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13727202 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8000475 s evidence. I reject that as a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12190543 q}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8000475 uite unmeritorious submission. }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12599054 The}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14120411 re}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12599054  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6174280 is no suggest}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12599054 ion that the accused}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid600458  wanted to call other evidence.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12599054 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14120411 
\par Counsel submitted that the charges ha}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6174280 d}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14120411  not been dealt with separately. Although the record is by no means ample, I think that the fact }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12190543 that }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14120411 he imposed three fines of $10 each indicates that the Magistrate was dealing with the charge}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5853581 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14120411  separately. I do not consider the fines excessive.
\par 
\par The appeal is dismissed both as regards convict}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5129381 ion and as regards to sentence.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14120411 
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6174280 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6954827\charrsid1658007 (SGD.) K. A Stuart}{
\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14120411\charrsid1658007 
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6954827\charrsid1658007 JUDGE
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6256032 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6954827 
\par LAUTOKA,
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid600458 25th February, 1977.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8000475 
\par }}