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Overseas documents may be admitted in evidence if duly authenticated

Extradition Act 1968

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—(1) In any proceedings under this Act —(a)a document, duly authenticated, that purports to set out testimony given on oath, or declared or affirmed to be true, by a person in a proceeding in a foreign State or declared Commonwealth country shall be admissible as evidence of the matters stated in the testimony;(b)a document, duly authenticated, that purports to have been received in evidence, or to be a copy of a document that has been received in evidence, in a proceeding in a foreign State or declared Commonwealth country shall be admissible in evidence;(c)a document, duly authenticated, that certifies that a person was convicted on a date specified in the document of an offence against the law of, or of a part of, a foreign State or declared Commonwealth country shall be admissible as evidence of the fact and date of the conviction; and(d)a document, duly authenticated, that purports to be an overseas warrant or a foreign warrant shall be admissible in evidence.(2) A document shall be deemed to be duly authenticated for the purpose of being admitted in evidence in a proceeding under this Act if —(a)in the case of a document that purports to set out testimony given, declared or affirmed by a person in a proceeding in a foreign State or declared Commonwealth country — the document purports to be certified by a Judge, Magistrate or officer in or of that State or country to be the original document containing or recording that testimony or a true copy of that original document;(b)in the case of a document that purports to have been received in evidence, or to be a copy of a document that has been received in evidence, in a proceeding in a foreign State or declared Commonwealth country — the document purports to be certified by a Judge, Magistrate or officer in or of that State or country to have been, or to be a true copy of a document that has been, so received in evidence;(c)in the case of a document that certifies that a person has been convicted in a foreign State or declared Commonwealth country of an offence — the document purports to be certified by a Judge, Magistrate or officer in or of that State or country; or(d)in the case of a document that purports to be an overseas warrant or a foreign warrant — the documents purports to be signed by a Judge, Magistrate or officer in or of the State or country in which the document was issued,and the document purports to be authenticated by the oath of a witness or to be sealed with the official seal of a Minister in or of that country.(3) Nothing in this section shall prevent the proof of any matter, or the admission in evidence of any document, in accordance with any other law of Singapore.

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