Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Miscellaneous Provisions
42. Authentication of documents
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Subject to sections 13, 31 and 32 and the rules of law relating to the admissibility of evidence, any document that is obtained, provided, or produced pursuant to a request made under this Act and that is duly authenticated is admissible in evidence in any criminal proceedings.
criminal proceedings
“criminal proceedings” means a trial of a person for a Singapore offence or foreign offence (as the case may be) and includes any proceeding to determine whether a particular person should be tried for the offence;
A document is duly authenticated for the purposes of subsection (1) if —
it purports to be signed or certified by a judge, magistrate, or official in or of a foreign country; and
either —
it is verified by the oath of a witness, or of an official of the government of that country; or
it purports to be sealed with an official seal or public seal, or stamped with an official stamp, of that country, or of a Minister, a department or an official of the government, of that country.
Nothing in this section prevents the proof of any matter, or the admission in evidence of any document, in accordance with any other provision of this Act or any other law of Singapore.