Section 50

Whenever the fiat, authorization or sanction of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri, the Attorney General, the State Attorney

General,

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the Public Prosecutor or of any public officer is necessary before any prosecution or action is commenced, or for any purpose whatever in connection with any proceeding, any document purporting to bear the fiat, authorization or sanction of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri, the

Attorney General, the State Attorney-General, the Public Prosecutor or such public officer, as the case may be, shall, until the contrary is proved, be received as evidence in any proceeding without proof being given that the signature to that fiat, authorization or sanction is that of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri, the Attorney General, the State

Attorney General, the Public Prosecutor or such public officer.