Section 53
Section 53
(1)
Where any articles of, or relating to, or purporting to relate to, any society are found in the possession, custody or under the control of any person, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that such person is a member of the society, and that society shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to be in existence at the time such articles are found.
(2)
Where any articles of, or relating to, any society are found —
(a)
in the possession, custody or under the control of any person, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that such person assists in the management of such society;
(b)
in any place, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that such articles are in the possession of the occupier of the place.
(3)
When it appears to a court that there is reasonable cause to suspect that any place entered or searched under any lawful power conferred by this Act was immediately before or at the time of such entry being used by or for the purposes of an unlawful society, any person found in such place at any time during such search or found leaving therefrom immediately before, at or after the time of such entry shall, unless he gives a satisfactory account of the reasons for his presence in that place, be presumed to be a member of the unlawful society.
Societies 42
Other presumptions.