Syariah Court Evidence (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 59
Syariah Court Evidence (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 59
s 59 Certified copies of public documents
Every public officer having the custody of a public document which any person has a right to inspect shall give that person on demand a copy of it on payment of the legal fees therefor together with a certificate, written at the foot of the copy, that it is a true copy of the document or part thereof, as the case may be, and the certificate shall be dated and subscribed by the officer with his name and his official title, and shall be sealed whenever the officer is authorized by law to make use of a seal, and the copies so certified shall be called certified copies.
Explanation—Any officer who by the ordinary course of official duty is authorized to deliver the copies shall be deemed to have the custody of the documents within the meaning of this section.
Malay text (authoritative)
Salinan diperakui bagi dokumen awam
Tiap-tiap pegawai awam yang mempunyai dalam jagaannya sesuatu dokumen awam yang mana-mana orang mempunyai hak untuk memeriksa hendaklah memberi orang itu, apabila diminta, suatu salinan dokumen itu apabila fi di sisi undang-undang baginya dibayar, berserta dengan suatu perakuan, yang ditulis di kaki salinan itu, bahawa ia adalah salinan yang benar bagi dokumen itu atau bahagiannya, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan, dan perakuan itu hendaklah ditarikhkan serta ditandatangani oleh pegawai itu dengan nama dan jawatan rasminya, dan hendaklah dimeteraikan bilamana pegawai itu dibenarkan oleh undang-undang untuk menggunakan sesuatu meterai, dan salinan yang diperakui sedemikian hendaklah dipanggil salinan diperakui. Huraian—Mana-mana pegawai yang diberi kuasa untuk menyerahkan salinan itu dalam perjalanan biasa tugas rasminya hendaklah disifatkan mempunyai jagaan ke atas dokumen itu dalam pengertian seksyen ini.
Text as at 1 January 2006 (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).
