§8‑5. Town ordinances certified.
In a trial in which theoffense charged is the violation of a town ordinance, a copy of the ordinancealleged to have been violated, proven as provided in G.S. 160A‑79, shallbe prima facie evidence of the existence of such ordinance. (1899,c. 277, s. 2; Rev., s. 1595; C.S., s. 1750; 1971, c. 381, s. 3; 1973, c. 1446,s. 17.)