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| (1) In any proceedings under this Act, including proceedings on an application for habeas corpus in respect of a fugitive person in custody thereunder-
| | (a) a document, duly authenticated, which purports to set out evidence given on oath in a designated country shall be admissible as evidence of the matters stated therein; | | |
| | (b) a document, duly authenticated, which purports to have been received m evidence, or to be a copy of a document so received, in any proceedings in any such country 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 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 Magistrate or officer in or of the designated country 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 to be certified 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 afore said | | |
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| (3) In this section " oath " includes any affirmation or declaration. |
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| (4) 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 apart from this section, |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts