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← Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992

Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992 s 74

s 74 Evidence of corresponding law or foreign law

74.—(1) A document purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country or part thereof and purporting to state the terms of —(a) a corresponding law in force in that country or part thereof; or (b) a law in relation to a foreign serious offence in force in that country or part thereof, is admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving the matters referred to in subsection (2), in any proceedings under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, on its production by the Public Prosecutor or by any person duly authorised by the Public Prosecutor in writing. [15/2010; 21/2014] (2) Such document is sufficient evidence —(a) that it is issued by or on behalf of the government of the foreign country or part thereof stated in the document; (b) that the terms of the corresponding law or the law of the foreign country or part thereof are as stated in the document; and (c) that any fact stated in the document as constituting an offence under that law does constitute such offence.[53 [21/2014]

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