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| (1) In any proceedings under this Law, including proceedings on an application for a mandate In the nature of a writ of habeas corpus in respect of a person in custody thereunder-
| | (a) a document, duly authenticated, which purports to set out evidence given on oath in a designated Commonwealth country or treaty State shall be admissible as evidence of the matters stated therein; | | |
| | (b) a document, duly authenticated, which purports to have been received in evidence, or to be a copy of a document so received, in any proceedings In any such country or State shall be admissible in evidence; | | |
| | (c)a document, duly authenticated, which certifies that such person was convicted on a date specified in the document of an offence against the law of, or of a part of, any such country or State shall be admissible as evidence of the fact and date of the conviction. | | |
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| (2) A document shall be deemed to be duly authenticated for the purposes of this section-
| | (a) in the case of a document purporting to set out evidence given as aforesaid, if the document purports to be certified by a Judge or other officer in or of the country or State in question to be the original document containing or recording that evidence or a true copy of such document; | | |
| | (b) in the case of a document which purports to have been received in evidence as aforesaid or to be a copy of a document so received, if the document purports to be certified as aforesaid to have been, or to be a true copy of a document which has been, so received; | | |
| | (c) in the case of a document which certifies that a person was convicted as aforesaid, if the document purports to be certified as aforesaid, | | |
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| (3) In the section " oath" includes affirmation or declaration; and nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to affect or prejudice the admission in evidence of any document which is admissible in evidence otherwise than under this section. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts