Inadmissibility of reports--Admissibility of testimony of investigating officer

The inadmissibility of any report required in this chapter as evidence in any action, civil or criminal, shall not prevent the admission in evidence of the testimony of any investigating officer, which testimony as to what he saw, heard, or witnessed during the course of his investigation, shall be admissible in evidence in any action, civil or criminal. Source: SL 1957, ch 212, § 77; SDC Supp 1960, § 44.03A70.