s 82 Presumption as to document admissible in England without proof of seal or signature
When any document is produced before any court, purporting to be a document which by the law in force for the time being in England or Northern Ireland would be admissible in proof of any particular in any Court of Justice in England or Northern Ireland, without proof of the seal or stamp or signature authenticating it, or of the judicial or official character claimed by the person by whom it purports to be signed—
(a) the court shall presume that such seal, stamp or signature is genuine, and that the person signing it held at the time when he signed it the judicial or official character which he claims;
(b) the document shall be admissible for the same purpose for which it would be admissible in England or Northern Ireland.
Malay text (authoritative)
Anggapan tentang dokumen yang boleh diterima di England tanpa bukti mengenai meterai atau tandatangan
Apabila dikemukakan di hadapan mana-mana mahkamah mana-mana dokumen yang berupa sebagai dokumen yang, menurut undang-undang yang sedang berkuat kuasa di England atau Ireland Utara, boleh diterima sebagai bukti mengenai apa-apa butir di dalam mana-mana Mahkamah Keadilan di England atau Ireland Utara, tanpa bukti mengenai meterai atau cap atau tandatangan yang mengesahkannya, atau mengenai jawatan kehakiman atau jawatan rasmi yang diakui oleh orang yang berupa sebagai menandatangani dokumen itu—
(a) mahkamah hendaklah menganggap bahawa meterai, cap atau tandatangan itu tulen, dan bahawa orang yang
menandatanganinya itu pada masa dia menandatanganinya memegang jawatan kehakiman atau jawatan rasmi yang diakuinya;
(b) dokumen itu bolehlah diterima bagi maksud yang sama dengan maksud yang ia boleh diterima di England atau Ireland Utara.
Text as at 1 May 2017 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
