Section 59. Certified copies of public documents. (SYARIAH COURTS EVIDENCE ENACTMENT 2004

ENACTMENT NO. 11 OF 2004
SYARIAH COURTS EVIDENCE ENACTMENT 2004

PART II - PROOF
CHAPTER 3 - DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE

Public Documents

Section 59. Certified copies of public documents.

Every public officer having the custody of a public document which any person has a right to inspect shall give that person, on demand, a copy of it on payment of the legal fees, therefore together with a certificate, written at the foot of the copy, that it is a true copy of the document or part thereof, as the case may be, and the certificate shall be dated and subscribed by the officer with his name and his official title, and shall be sealed whenever the officer is authorized by law to make use of a seal, and the copies so certified shall be called certified copies.

Explanation - Any officer who by the ordinary course of official duty is authorized to deliver the copies shall be deemed to have the custody of the document, within the meaning of this section.