Section 181 — ARMED FORCES ACT 1972

(2)

A document purporting to be a copy of the attestation paper signed by any person and to be certified to be a true copy by a person stated in the certificate to have the custody of the attestation paper shall be evidence of the enlistment of the person attested.

(3)

The attestation paper purporting to be signed by a person on his enlistment shall be evidence of his having given the answers to the questions recorded therein.

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(4)

A letter, return or other document stating that any person—

(a)

was or was not serving at any specified time or during any specified period in any of the armed forces, or was discharged from any of the armed forces at or before any specified time;

(b)

held or did not hold at any specified time any specified rank or appointment in any of those forces, or had at or before any specified time been attached, seconded, posted or transferred to any of those forces, or at any specified time or during any specified period was or was not serving or held or did not hold any rank or appointment in any particular country or place; or

(c)

was or was not at any specified time authorized to use or wear any decoration, badge or emblem, shall, if purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the Officer-in-Charge, Combined Records, Malaysian Armed Forces, or by a person authorized by the Armed Forces Council be evidence of the matters stated in such letter, return or other document.

(5)

A record made in any service book or other document prescribed by regulations made under this Act for the purposes of this subsection, being a record made in pursuance of any written law or otherwise in pursuance of duty, and purporting to be signed by the commanding officer or by any person whose duty it was to make the record, shall be evidence of the facts stated therein; and a copy of a record (including the signature thereto) in any such book or other document as aforesaid, purporting to be certified to be a true copy by a person stated in the certificate to have the custody of the book or other document, shall be evidence of the record.

(6)

A document purporting to be issued by order of the Armed

Forces Council and to contain instructions, orders or regulations given or made by the Armed Forces Council shall be evidence of the giving of the instructions or the making of the orders or regulations and shall be evidence of the contents of such instructions, orders and regulations.

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(7)

A certificate purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the

Officer-in-Charge, Combined Records, Malaysian Armed Forces, or by a person authorized by the Armed Forces Council—

(a)

that a decoration of a description specified in or annexed to a certificate is a service decoration; or

(b)

that a badge or emblem of a description specified in or annexed to a certificate is one supplied or authorized by the Armed Forces Council, shall be evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.

(8)

A certificate purporting to be signed by a person’s commanding officer or any officer authorized by him to give the certificate, and stating the contents of, or of any part of, standing orders or other routine orders of a continuing nature made for—

(a)

any formation or unit or body of troops;

(b)

any command or other area, station, garrison or place;

(c)

any ship or naval establishment; or

(d)

any train or aircraft, shall in proceedings against the said person be evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.

Proof of outcome of civil trial