Sex Offenders Act, 2001
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Proof of foreign conviction in certain cases. |
36.—(1) In proceedings against a person for an offence under— | |
(a) section 12 (where the person is a person referred to in section 13 (1)), or | ||
(b) section 26 (where the person is a person referred to in subsection (2), (5) or (6) of that section and falls within subsection (3)(b) of that section), | ||
the production to the court of a document that satisfies the condition referred to in subsection (2) and which purports to contain either or both— | ||
(i) particulars of the conviction in a state, other than the State, of that person for an offence and of the act constituting the offence, | ||
(ii) a statement that, on a specified date, that person was subject to the first-mentioned requirement in section 13 (1)(b)(ii), | ||
shall, without further proof, be evidence, until the contrary is shown, of the matters stated in it. | ||
(2) The condition mentioned in subsection (1) is that the document concerned purports to be signed or certified by a judge, magistrate or officer of the state referred to in that subsection and to be authenticated by the oath of some witness or by being sealed with the official seal of a minister of state of that state (judicial notice of which shall be taken by the court). | ||
(3) That condition shall be regarded as being satisfied without proof of the signature or certification, and the authentication of it, that appears in or on the document. |