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Section 62A

Proof as to tonnage or build of a craft

of Excise Act 1976

ActIn forceProvision 118 of 190
Section 62A
(1)

Where in any prosecution under this Act or any regulation made thereunder it is relevant to ascertain the tonnage or build or such other particulars descriptive of the identity of a craft, and if any of these particulars relating to the identity of the craft is in question, then any document produced by the prosecution purporting to be a certificate in respect of any such matter given and signed by any officer responsible for such matter under any written law for the time being in force in

Malaysia shall be admissible in evidence, and it shall be evidence of its contents, including the facts stated therein, without proof of the signature to such certificate.

(2)

The provisions of this section shall apply notwithstanding anything contained in any other written law or rule of evidence to the contrary.