Malaysia legislation
Section 61
Section 61
Proof of certain official documents
The following public documents may be proved as follows –
(a)
acts, orders or notifications of the Federal Government or any State
Government in any of its departments –
(i)
by the records of the departments certified by the heads of those departments respectively;
(ii)
by a Minister in the case of the Federal Government, and by the
Menteri Besar or the Chief Minister, a State Minister (if any), or the
State Secretary in the case of a State Government; or
(iii)
by any document purporting to be printed by the authority of the
Government concerned;
(b)
the proceedings of Parliament or of the legislature of any State, by the minutes of the body or by the published Acts of Parliament, Ordinances,
Enactments or abstracts or by copies purporting to be printed by the authority of the Government concerned;
(c)
the proceedings of a municipal body, town board or other local authority in
Malaysia, by a copy of the proceedings certified by the lawful keeper thereof, or by a printed book purporting to be published by the authority of that body;
(d)
the acts of the Executive or the proceedings of the legislature of a foreign country, by Gazette published by their authority or commonly received in that country as such, or by a copy certified under the seal of the country or
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sovereign, or by a recognition thereof in some Ordinance or Act of
Malaysia;
(e)
public documents of any other class in a foreign country, by the original or by a copy certified by the lawful keeper thereof, with a certificate under the seal of a notary public or of a consular officer of Malaysia that the copy is duly certified by the officer having the lawful custody of the original and upon proof of the character of the document according to the law of the foreign country.
Presumption as to Documents
Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies