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Evidence Act 1893 s 39

Evidence Act 1893 s 39

s 39 Relevancy of statement as to fact of public nature contained in certain Ordinances, Acts or notifications

39. When the court has to form an opinion as to the existence of any fact of a public nature, any statement of it made in a recital contained in —(a) any Act or Ordinance; (b) any legislation enacted by the Parliament of Malaysia or by the legislature of any part of the Commonwealth; (c) any legislation enacted by the legislature of any State of Malaysia; or (d) any document purporting to be —(i) the Government Gazette; (ii) the London Gazette; or (iii) the Gazette printed under the authority of the Government of Malaysia or of any State thereof or of the government of any other part of the Commonwealth including, where such part is under both a central government and a local government, any such local government, is a relevant fact. [Act 5 of 2025 wef 09/03/2025]

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