Malaysia legislation

Section 33

of *MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT 2002

Section 33

(a)

any order made or judgment given by a court of a prescribed foreign State purporting to bear the seal of that court or to

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be signed by any person in his capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court, shall be deemed without further proof to have been duly sealed or to have been signed by that person, as the case may be; and

(b)

a document, duly authenticated, that purports to be a copy of any order made or judgment given by a court of a prescribed foreign State shall be deemed without further proof to be a true copy.

(2)

A document is duly authenticated for the purpose of paragraph (1)(b) if it purports to be certified by any person in his capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court in question or by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of that prescribed foreign

State.

Evidence in relation to proceedings and orders in prescribed foreign State