ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 1994 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SYARIAH) CODE 1994
PART VII - SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS CHAPTER 24 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO EVIDENCE
Section 190. Reports of certain persons.
(1) Any document purporting to be a report under the hand of any of the persons mentioned in subsection (2), upon any person, matter or thing examined or analysed by him, any matter may be given in evidence in any trial or other proceeding under this Code unless such person shall be required to attend as a witness -
(a) by the Court; or
(b) by the accused, in which case the accused shall give notice to the prosecutor not less than three clear days before the commencement of the trial:
Provided always that in any case in which the prosecutor intends to give in evidence any such report he shall deliver a copy thereof to the accused not less than ten clear days before the commencement of the trial.
(2) The following are persons to whom the provisions of this section apply:
(a) officers of the Institute for Medical Research;
(b) Government medical officers;
(c) chemists in the employment of any Government in Malaysia;
(d) any person appointed by the Government of Malaysia as a document examiner; and
(e) any person or class of persons to whom the Majlis by notification in the Gazette declares that the provisions of this section shall apply.
(3) The persons referred to in subsection (2) are bound to state the truth in reports made under their hands.