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LAWS OF MALAYSIA
REPRINT
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
Act 13
STATUTORY DECLARATIONS
ACT 1960
Incorporating all amendments up to 1 January 2006
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PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION BY
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. 20of 1960)
Revised … … … … … … 1969(Act No. 13w.e.f. 14 April 1972)
National language textto be authoritative … … … … … P.U.(B)197/1994
P REVIOUS R EPRINTS
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 References in Sabah and Sarawak federal laws to repealed laws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 NotariesPublic 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 theform in the Schedule.
False declaration punishable under Penal Code
3. Declarations made by virtue of the provisions of this Actshall 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 provisionsof this Act shall pay to the officer or Commissioner taking thesame such fees as the Minister may from time to time bynotification in the Gazette prescribe.
* NOTE —For extension and modification of Act to Sabah and Sarawak, see P.U. 488/
1968.
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References in Sabah and Sarawak federal laws to repealedlaws
5. Any reference in any federal law in force in Sabah to theStatutory Declarations Ordinance of Sabah [Cap. 138] and anyreference in any federal law in force in Sarawak to the StatutoryDeclarations Ordinance of Sarawak [Cap. 52] or to the StatutoryDeclarations Act 1835 [5 & 6 Wm. IV, C. 62], of the UnitedKingdom, shall be deemed to be a reference to this Act.
SCHEDULE
[Section 2]
In Malay
BORANG AKUAN
Saya,............................................................................... dengan sesungguhdan 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 olehyang 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 declarethat..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to betrue, 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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LAWS OF MALAYSIA
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STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1960
LIST OF AMENDMENTS
Amending law Short title In force from
P.U. 488/1968 Modification o f Laws (Statutory
Declarations) (Modification and
Extension to Borneo States) Order
1968
28-11-1968
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LAWS OF MALAYSIA
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STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1960
LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED
Section Amending authority In force from
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