Road Accident Fund Act, 1996 (Act No. 56 of 1996)

20. Presumptions regarding driving of motor vehicle
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(1)For the purposes of this Act a motor vehicle which is being propelled by any mechanical, animal or human power or by gravity or momentum shall be deemed to be driven by the person in control of the vehicle.

 

(2)For the purposes of this Act a person who has placed or left a motor vehicle at any place shall be deemed to be driving that motor vehicle while it moves from that place as a result of gravity, or while it is stationary at that place or at a place to which it moved from the first-mentioned place as a result of gravity.

 

(3) any motor vehicle has been placed or left at any place, it shall, for the purposes of this Act, be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that such vehicle was placed or left at such place by the owner of such vehicle.