Malaysia legislation
Section 15
Section 15
(2)
An application for recognition of foreign proceedings shall be accompanied by—
(a)
a certified copy of the decision commencing the foreign proceedings and appointing the foreign representative;
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(b)
a certificate from the foreign court affirming the existence of the foreign proceedings and the appointment of the foreign representative; or
(c)
in the absence of evidence referred to in paragraphs (a)
and (b), any other evidence acceptable to the Court of the existence of the foreign proceedings and of the appointment of the foreign representative.
(3)
An application for recognition of foreign proceedings shall also be accompanied by a statement identifying all foreign proceedings and proceedings under Malaysian insolvency law in respect of the debtor that are known to the foreign representative.
(4)
The foreign representative shall provide the Court with a translation into English language text of a document submitted other than in the English language in support of the application for recognition of foreign proceedings and the translation shall be accompanied by a certificate from the person who translated the document setting out that the translation is accurate and true.
Presumptions of recognition