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    This document is the Statutory Declarations Act 1960 of Malaysia. It provides the legislation governing statutory declarations in Malaysia. The Act allows certain authorized persons like judges, magistrates and commissioners for oaths to administer statutory declarations. It also establishes the standard form that must be used for statutory declarations and states that making a false declaration is a criminal offense. The document contains the full text of the Act along with notes on its history and amendments.

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    This document is the Statutory Declarations Act 1960 of Malaysia. It provides the legislation governing statutory declarations in Malaysia. The Act allows certain authorized persons like judges, magistrates and commissioners for oaths to administer statutory declarations. It also establishes the standard form that must be used for statutory declarations and states that making a false declaration is a criminal offense. The document contains the full text of the Act along with notes on its history and amendments.

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    This document is the Statutory Declarations Act 1960 of Malaysia. It provides the legislation governing statutory declarations in Malaysia. The Act allows certain authorized persons like judges, magistrates and commissioners for oaths to administer statutory declarations. It also establishes the standard form that must be used for statutory declarations and states that making a false declaration is a criminal offense. The document contains the full text of the Act along with notes on its history and amendments.

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    LAWS OF MALAYSIA
    REPRINT

    Act 13

    STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1960


    Incorporating all amendments up to 1 January 2006

    PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION , MALAYSIA UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968 IN COLLABORATION WITH MALAYAN LAW JOURNAL SDN BHD AND PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BHD

    2006

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    2 STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1960 First enacted Revised 1960 (Act No. 20 of 1960) 1969(Act No. 13 w.e.f. 14 April 1972) P.U.(B)197/1994

    National language text to be authoritative

    PREVIOUS REPRINTS First Reprint Second Reprint 1992 1999

    PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION BY MALAYAN LAW JOURNAL SDN BHD AND PRINTED BY PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BERHAD KUALA LUMPUR BRANCH 2006

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    3 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 13 STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1960


    ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    Section

    1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

    Short title Form of declaration False declaration punishable under Penal Code Fees References in Sabah and Sarawak federal laws to repealed laws SCHEDULE

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    5 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 13 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 Malaysia1 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.
    *NOTEFor extension and modification of Act to Sabah and Sarawak, see P.U. 488/ 1968.

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    Laws of Malaysia

    A CT 13

    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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    Statutory Declarations
    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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    8 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 13 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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    9 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 13 STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1960


    LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED

    Section

    Amending authority

    In force from

    NIL

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