Malaysia legislation

Section 399

of *CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE

Section 399

Reports of certain persons

(a)

by the Court; or

(b)

by the accused, in which case the accused shall give notice to the Public Prosecutor not less than three clear days before the commencement of the trial:

Provided always that in any case in which the Public Prosecutor intends to give in evidence any such report he shall deliver a copy of it to the accused not less than ten clear days before the commencement of the trial.

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(2)

The following are persons to whom the provisions of this section apply:

(a)

officers of the Institute for Medical Research;

(b)

*Government Medical Officers;

(c)

chemists in the employment of any Government in Malaysia or of the Government of Singapore;

(d)

any person appointed by the Minister by notification in the

Gazette, to be a Document Examiner;

(e)

Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed as such under any written law relating to weights and measures in force in

Malaysia; and

(f)

any person or class of persons to whom the Minister by notification in the Gazette declares that the provisions of this section shall apply.

(3)

The persons referred to in subsection (2) and the Registrar of

Criminals are by this Code bound to state the truth in reports made under their hands.

Report of Central Bank on currency note or coin

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