Evidence of corresponding law or foreign law
53.—(1)  A document purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country and purporting to state the terms of —
(a)a corresponding law in force in that country; or
(b)a law in relation to a foreign serious offence in force in that country,
shall be admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving the matters referred to in subsection (2), in any proceedings under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder, on its production by the Public Prosecutor or by any person duly authorised by him in writing.
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(2)  Such document shall be sufficient evidence —
(a)that it is issued by or on behalf of the government of the foreign country stated in the document;
(b)that the terms of the corresponding law or the law of the foreign country are as stated in the document; and
(c)that any fact stated in the document as constituting an offence under that law does constitute such offence.
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