Section 14
Section 14
(1)
Any —
(a)
finger impression, photograph or registrable particulars recorded in the register;
(b)
record from the DNA database;
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(c)
certificate or report purporting to have been compiled from particulars recorded in the register or DNA database under this Act;
and
(d)
document purporting to be a report upon any matter or thing relating to finger impressions or DNA information duly submitted to the Registrar, shall, if produced from proper custody and authenticated by the signature of the Registrar or such other officer as may be empowered in that behalf by him, be admissible in evidence in any court, and shall be sufficient proof of the facts thereon stated or appearing unless the same is disproved.
(2)
A previous conviction in any place outside Brunei Darussalam may be proved by the production of —
(a)
a certificate purporting to be authenticated by —
(i)
the signature of a police officer in the country or territory where the conviction was had; or
(ii)
the signature of a person or authority authorised in that country or territory to keep fingerprints or criminal records, containing a copy of the sentence or order and the fingerprints of the person so convicted;
(b)
either evidence that the fingerprints of the person so convicted are those of the accused person, or a certificate purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the Registrar that the fingerprints or photograph thereof of the person previously convicted have been compared to the fingerprints or photograph of the accused person and they are those of one and the same person.
(3)
Any certificate issued in accordance with this section shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence of all the facts stated therein without proof that the officer purporting to sign it did in fact sign it and was empowered to do so.