Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Requests to Singapore
31. Proof of orders, etc., of prescribed foreign country
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For the purposes of sections 29 and 30 and the Third Schedule —
any order made or judgment given by a court or other competent authority of a prescribed foreign country —
purporting to bear the seal of that court or competent authority; or
purporting to be signed by —
a person in his or her capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court; or
an officer of the competent authority,is deemed without further proof to have been duly sealed, or signed by that person, as the case may be; and
a document, duly authenticated, that purports to be a copy of any order made or judgment given by a court or other competent authority of a prescribed foreign country is deemed without further proof to be a true copy.
A document is duly authenticated for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) if it purports to be certified —
by a person in his or her capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court of that country;
by an officer of the competent authority of that country; or
by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of that country.