s 63 Evidence
63. —(1) All records, registers and other documents kept by the Director‑General of Public Health, the Director‑General, Food Administration, the Director-General of Health, any Port Health Officer, Health Officer, adjunct Health Officer or officer of the Communicable Diseases Agency for the purposes of this Act are deemed to be public documents, and copies thereof or extracts therefrom certified by the officer responsible for the custody thereof to be true copies or extracts (as the case may be) subscribed by such officer with his or her name and his or her official title are admissible in evidence as proof of the contents of the documents or extracts from the documents. [11/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] [Act 4 of 2025 wef 01/04/2025] (2) In any proceedings for the recovery of costs and expenses incurred by the Director‑General of Public Health, the Director‑General, Food Administration, the Director-General of Health, a Port Health Officer, a Health Officer or an adjunct Health Officer, a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Director‑General of Public Health, the Director‑General, Food Administration or the Director-General of Health and specifying — ( a ) the costs and expenses claimed as due and payable; and ( b ) the person named in the certificate as liable for the payment of the costs and expenses, is prima facie evidence of the facts certified and of the signature of the Director‑General of Public Health, the Director‑General, Food Administration or the Director-General of Health thereto, as the case may be. [11/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] —(1) All records, registers and other documents kept by the Director‑General of Public Health, the Director‑General, Food Administration, the Director-General of Health, any Port Health Officer, Health Officer, adjunct Health Officer or officer of the Communicable Diseases Agency for the purposes of this Act are deemed to be public documents, and copies thereof or extracts therefrom certified by the officer responsible for the custody thereof to be true copies or extracts (as the case may be) subscribed by such officer with his or her name and his or her official title are admissible in evidence as proof of the contents of the documents or extracts from the documents. [11/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] [Act 4 of 2025 wef 01/04/2025] (2) In any proceedings for the recovery of costs and expenses incurred by the Director‑General of Public Health, the Director‑General, Food Administration, the Director-General of Health, a Port Health Officer, a Health Officer or an adjunct Health Officer, a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Director‑General of Public Health, the Director‑General, Food Administration or the Director-General of Health and specifying — ( a ) the costs and expenses claimed as due and payable; and ( b ) the person named in the certificate as liable for the payment of the costs and expenses, is prima facie evidence of the facts certified and of the signature of the Director‑General of Public Health, the Director‑General, Food Administration or the Director-General of Health thereto, as the case may be. [11/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024]