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s 8 Request for taking of evidence, etc.
(1) The Attorney General may, if he is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that any evidence would be relevant to any criminal proceedings in Malaysia, request the appropriate authority of a foreign State to arrange forโ
(a) such evidence to be taken in the foreign State; and
(b) the evidence to be sent to him.
(2) The Attorney General may, if he is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that any thing would be relevant to a criminal matter in Malaysia, request the appropriate authority of a foreign Stateโ
(a) to assist in obtaining, by search and seizure if necessary, such thing in the foreign State or a photograph or copy of the thing; and
(b) to arrange for the thing or the photograph or copy of the thing to be sent to him.
(3) Any evidence or thing, or photograph or copy of a thing, received by the Attorney General pursuant to a request under subsection (1) or (2) may, subject to the provisions of the Evidence Act 1950 [Act 56] and the Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593], be admitted as evidence at any criminal proceedings to which the request relates.
(4) In assessing the weight, if any, to be attached to any evidence received by the Attorney General pursuant to a request made under subsection (1) which has been admitted as evidence in any criminal proceedings to which the request relates, the court shall have regard toโ
(a) whether it was possible to challenge the evidence taken; and
(b) whether the law of the foreign State concerned allowed the parties to the criminal proceedings to be legally represented when the evidence was being taken.
Malay text (authoritative)
Permintaan untuk mengambil keterangan, dsb.
(1) Peguam Negara boleh, jika dia berpuas hati bahawa terdapat alasan yang munasabah bagi mempercayai bahawa terdapat apaorosiditerangaryayadiMalaysiamemรผntanilarberkaaman 1, meminta pihak berkuasa yans berkenaan sesuatu Negara asing membuat perkiraan supaya-
(a) keterangan itu diambil di Negara asing itu; dan
(b) keterangan itu dihantar kepadanya.
(2) Peguam Negara boleh, jika dia berpuas hati bahawa terdapat alasan yang munasabah bagi mempercayai bahawa terdapat apaapa benda yang mungkin ada kaitan dengan suatu perkara jenayah di Malaysia, meminta pihak berkuasa yang berkenaan sesuatu Negara asing-
(a) membantu memperoleh, dengan menggeledah dan menyita jika perlu, benda itu di Negara asing itu atau gambar atau salinan benda itu; dan
(b) membuat perkiraan supaya benda atau gambar atau salinan benda itu dihantar kepadanya.
(3) Apa-apa keterangan atau benda, atau gambar atau salinan sesuatu benda, yang diterima oleh Peguam Negara menurut suatu permintaan di bawah subseksyen (1) atau (2) boleh, tertakluk kepada peruntukan Akta Keterangan 1950 [Akta 56] dan Kanun Tatacara Jenayah [Akta 593], diterima sebagai keterangan dalam manamana prosiding jenayah yang dengannya permintaan itu berkaitan.
(4) Dalam menilai kepentingan, jika ada, yang akan diletakkan pada apa-apa keterangan yang diterima oleh Peguam Negara menurut suatu permintaan yang dibuat di bawah subseksyen (1) yang telah diterima sebagai keterangan dalam mana-mana prosiding jenayah yang dengannya permintaan itu berkaitan, mahkamah hendaklah mengambil kira-
(a) sama ada keterangan yang diambil itu dapat dicabar; dan
(b) sama ada undang-undang Negara asing yang berkenaan membenarkan pihak-pihak kepada prosiding jenayah itu diwakili di sisi undang-undang apabila keterangan itu diambil.
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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).
