Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974 · Updated to 31 Dec 2019 · Part VI · Miscellaneous
130. Evidence
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The contents of any document prepared, issued or served under, by virtue of or for the purpose of this Act shall until the contrary be proved be presumed to be correct and the production of any book purporting to contain any apportionment made under or by virtue of this Act or any by-laws made thereunder shall without any other evidence whatever, be received as prima facie proof of the making and validity of the apportionment mentioned therein.
All records, registers and other documents required by this Act or any by-laws made thereunder to be kept by the local authority or by any public officer shall be deemed to be public documents and copies thereof or extracts therefrom certified by the officer responsible for the custody thereof to be true copies, or extracts, as the case may be,
local authority
“local authority” means any city council, municipal council, town council, town board, local council, rural board or similar local authority established by written law and in relation to the Federal Territory means the Commissioner of the City of Kuala Lumpur appointed under section 3 of the Federal Capital Act 1960;
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subscribed by such officer with his name and his official title shall be admissible in evidence as proof of the contents of such document or extract thereof.
Terms defined in s 3
local authority
Defined · s 3“local authority” means any city council, municipal council, town council, town board, local council, rural board or similar local authority established by written law and in relation to the Federal Territory means the Commissioner of the City of Kuala Lumpur appointed under section 3 of the Federal Capital Act 1960;