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Statutory Declarations Act 1960 (Revised 1969)

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2006

Act 13

STATUTORY DECLARATIONS

ACT 1960

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MALAYAN LAW JOURNAL SDN BHD

AND PRINTED BY

PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BERHAD

KUALA LUMPUR BRANCH

2006

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STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1960

First enacted ... ... ... ... ... ... 1960 (Act No. 20 of 1960)

Revised ... ... ... ... ... ... 1969(Act No. 13

w.e.f. 14 April 1972)

National language text

to be authoritative ... ... ... ... ... P.U.(B)197/1994 PREVIOUS REPRINTS

First Reprint ... ... ... ... ... 1992

Second Reprint ... ... ... ... 1999

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LAWS OF MALAYSIA

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1960

Section

1. Short title

2. Form of declaration

3. False declaration punishable under Penal Code

4. Fees

5. References in Sabah and Sarawak federal laws to repealed laws SCHEDULE

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LAWS OF MALAYSIA

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STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1960

An Act to provide for the making (and taking) of statutory declarations and for purposes connected with it and incidental to it. [Peninsular Malaysia--1 June 1961, L.N. 154/1961; Sabah and Sarawak*--1 January 1969, P.U. 488/1968] Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Statutory Declarations Act 1960. Form of declaration

2. It shall be lawful for any Sessions Court Judge, Magistrate, or Commissioner for Oaths or, subject to section 4 of the Notaries Public Act 1959 [Act 115], any notary public appointed under the Notaries Public Act 1959, to take and receive the declaration of any person voluntarily making the same in Malay or English in the form in the Schedule.

False declaration punishable under Penal Code

3. Declarations made by virtue of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed to be such declarations as are referred to in sections 199 and 200 of the Penal Code [Act 574]. Fees

4. A person making any declaration by virtue of the provisions of this Act shall pay to the officer or Commissioner taking the same such fees as the Minister may from time to time by notification in the Gazette prescribe.

*NOTE--For extension and modification of Act to Sabah and Sarawak, see P.U. 488/

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References in Sabah and Sarawak federal laws to repealed laws

5. Any reference in any federal law in force in Sabah to the Statutory Declarations Ordinance of Sabah [Cap. 138] and any reference in any federal law in force in Sarawak to the Statutory Declarations Ordinance of Sarawak [Cap. 52] or to the Statutory Declarations Act 1835 [5 & 6 Wm. IV, C. 62], of the United Kingdom, shall be deemed to be a reference to this Act. SCHEDULE

[Section 2]

In Malay

BORANG AKUAN

Saya,............................................................................... dengan sesungguh dan sebenarnya mengakui bahawa..........................................................dan saya membuat akuan ini dengan kepercayaan bahawa akuan ini benar, serta menurut peruntukan Akta Akuan Berkanun 1960.

Diperbuat dan dengan sesungguhnya diakui oleh

yang tersebut namanya di atas ............................. di............................................................................ di Negeri ............................................................... pada....................................................................... ................................................................, 20 ........ Di hadapan saya,

............................................

(Tandatangan Hakim

Mahkamah Sesyen, Majistret

atau Pesuruhjaya Sumpah)

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In English

FORM OF DECLARATION

I,..............................................................do solemnly and sincerely declare that.................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................ and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of the Statutory Declarations Act 1960. Subscribed and solemnly declared by the abovenamed ...................................................................................... at................................................................................... in the State of .............................................................. this...................................................................., 20...... Before me,

.................................................... (Signature of Sessions Court Judge,

Magistrate or Commissioner

for Oaths)

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STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1960

LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Amending law Short title In force from

P.U. 488/1968 Modification of Laws (Statutory

Declarations) (Modification and

Extension to Borneo States) Order

1968

28-11-1968

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STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1960

LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED

Section Amending authority In force from

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