Section 179
of Evidence Act
Section 179
(1)
The Minister of Finance may, for the purposes of any criminal proceedings, designate any body formed or established outside Brunei
Darussalam which carries on the business of banking outside Brunei
Darussalam, and a certificate purporting to be signed by the Minister of
Finance and certifying that any such body described therein has been designated by him under this section for the purposes of those proceedings shall, on its production without further proof, be admitted in those proceedings as prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein.
(2)
The power conferred by subsection (1) may be exercised in respect of any body formed or established outside Brunei Darussalam notwithstanding that it is being or has been wound up or dissolved or has otherwise ceased to carry on the business of banking.
Court or Judge may direct copies of entries in banker’s record to be taken.