Online Safety Act 2025 s 34

s 34 Commission may retain document

(1) The Commission may take, and retain for as long as is necessary, possession of a document produced or given under this Act. (2) The person who should have been entitled to possession of the document is entitled to be supplied, as soon as practicable, with a copy certified by the Commission to be a true copy. (3) Notwithstanding any other written law, the certified copy of the document referred to in subsection (2) shall be received as evidence by all courts and tribunals as if it were the original. (4) Until a certified copy is supplied, the Commission shall, at such times and places as the Commission thinks appropriate, permit the person who should have been entitled to possession of the document, or a person authorized by that person, to inspect and make copies of, or take extracts from, the document.

Malay text (authoritative)

Suruhanjaya boleh menyimpan dokumen

(1) Suruhanjaya boleh mengambil, dan menyimpan selama tempoh yang perlu, milikan sesuatu dokumen yang dikemukakan atau diberikan di bawah Akta ini. (2) Orang yang sepatutnya berhak kepada milikan dokumen itu berhak dibekali, secepat yang dapat dilaksanakan, suatu salinan yang diperakui oleh Suruhanjaya sebagai salinan yang benar. (3) Walau apa pun mana-mana undang-undang bertulis lain, salinan dokumen yang diperakui yang disebut dalam subseksyen (2) hendaklah diterima sebagai keterangan oleh semua mahkamah dan tribunal seolah-olah salinan itu merupakan yang asal. (4) Sehingga suatu salinan yang diperakui dibekalkan, Suruhanjaya hendaklah, pada masa dan di tempat sebagaimana yang difikirkan sesuai oleh Suruhanjaya, membenarkan orang yang sepatutnya berhak kepada milikan dokumen itu, atau seorang yang diberi kuasa oleh orang itu, untuk memeriksa dan membuat salinan, atau mengambil cabutan daripada, dokumen itu.

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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).

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