Proof of other official documents
80.—(1)  The following public documents may be proved as follows:
(a)the Acts, orders or notifications of the Government in any of its departments —
by the records of the departments certified by the heads of those departments or by a Minister or by any document purporting to be printed by the authority of the Government;
(b)the proceedings of Parliament —
by the minutes of Parliament or by published Acts or abstracts or by copies purporting to be printed by the authority of the Government;
(c)the Acts, orders or notifications of the Government of Malaysia or the proceedings of the Parliament of Malaysia —
by copies or extracts contained in the Government Gazette of Malaysia or by the recognition thereof in any Act or Ordinance of Malaysia or any State thereof;
(d)proclamations, orders or regulations issued by Her Majesty or by the Privy Council or by any department of Her Majesty’s Government —
by copies or extracts contained in the London Gazette or the Gazette;
(e)the Acts of the Executive or the proceedings of the legislature of a foreign country —
by journals published by their authority or commonly received in that country as such, or by a copy certified under the seal of the country or sovereign, or by a recognition thereof in some public Act of Singapore;
(f)the proceedings of a municipal body, town board or other local authority in Malaysia —
by a copy of such proceedings certified by the legal keeper thereof, or by a printed book purporting to be published by the authority of such body;
(g)public documents of any other class in a foreign country —
by the original or by a copy certified by the legal keeper thereof, with a certificate under the seal of a notary public or of a consular officer of Singapore that the copy is duly certified by the officer having the legal custody of the original and upon proof of the character of the document according to the law of the foreign country.
(2)  Copies of Acts, Ordinances and Statutes passed by the legislature of any territory in the Commonwealth and of orders, regulations and other instruments issued or made under the authority of any such Act, Ordinance or Statute, if purporting to be printed by the Government Printer, shall be received in evidence by all courts in Singapore without any proof being given that the copies were so printed.
(3)  In this section, “Government Printer” means, as respects any territory in the Commonwealth, the printer purporting to be the printer authorised to print the Acts, Ordinances or Statutes of the legislature of that territory, or otherwise to be the Government Printer of that territory.