Proof of convictions and acquittals
75.—(1)  For the purposes of any proceedings under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, the fact that a person has been convicted or acquitted of an offence by or before any court in Singapore or by a foreign court, is admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving, where relevant to any issue in the proceedings, that the person committed (or, as the case may be, did not commit) that offence, whether or not the person is a party to the proceedings; and where the person was convicted whether the person was so convicted upon a plea of guilt or otherwise.
(2)  The court is to accept the conviction mentioned in subsection (1) as conclusive unless —
(a)it is subject to review or appeal that has not yet been determined;
(b)it has been quashed or set aside; or
(c)the court is of the view that it is contrary to the interests of justice or the public interest to accept the conviction as conclusive.
(3)  A person proved to have been convicted of an offence under this section is to be taken to have committed the acts and to have possessed the state of mind (if any) which at law constitute that offence.
(4)  Any conviction or acquittal admissible under this section may be proved —
(a)in the case of a conviction or acquittal before a court in Singapore — by a certificate of conviction or acquittal, signed by the Registrar; or
(b)in the case of a conviction or acquittal before a foreign court — by a certificate or certified official record of proceedings issued by that foreign court and duly authenticated by the official seal of a Minister of the country of the foreign court,
giving the substance and effect of the charge and of the conviction or acquittal.
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