Criminal Asset Recovery Order, 2012 · s 134

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134.
Proof of conviction and acquittal
(1 J
For the purposes of any proceedings under this Order, the fact that a person has been convicted or acquitted of an offence by or before any court in
Brunei Darussalam or by a foreign court shall be admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving, where relevant to any issue in the proceedings, that he committed or did not commit that offence, whether or not he is a party to the proceedings, and where he was convicted whether he was so convicted upon plea of guilt or otherwise.
(2)
The court shall accept the conviction referred to in subsection (1) as conclusive unless -
(a)
it is subject to review or appeal that has not yet been determined;
{b)
it has been quashed or set aside; or
{c)
the court is of the view that it is contrary to the interests of justice or the public interest to accept the conviction as conclusive.
(3)
A person proved to have been convicted of an offence under this section shall be taken to have committed the act and to have possessed the state of mind, if any, which at law constitute that offence.

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s 134Proof of conviction and acquittal

(1 J

For the purposes of any proceedings under this Order, the fact that a person has been convicted or acquitted of an offence by or before any court in

Brunei Darussalam or by a foreign court shall be admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving, where relevant to any issue in the proceedings, that he committed or did not commit that offence, whether or not he is a party to the proceedings, and where he was convicted whether he was so convicted upon plea of guilt or otherwise.

(2)

The court shall accept the conviction referred to in subsection (1) as conclusive unless -

(a)

it is subject to review or appeal that has not yet been determined;

{b)

it has been quashed or set aside; or

{c)

the court is of the view that it is contrary to the interests of justice or the public interest to accept the conviction as conclusive.

(3)

A person proved to have been convicted of an offence under this section shall be taken to have committed the act and to have possessed the state of mind, if any, which at law constitute that offence.