Maritime Offences (Ships and Fixed Platforms) Act · s 17

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s 17Evidence on certain matters

(1)

For the purpose of any proceedings under this Act, a certificate may be issued by the Attorney General containing any of the following statements —

(a)

that a specified State was, at any specified time, a Convention State or a Protocol State;

(b)

the extent to which a specified Convention State or a Protocol

State has, at any specified time, extended its jurisdiction under

Article 6(2) of the Convention or Article 3(2) of the Protocol

(as the case may be);

(c)

that any specified waters were, at any specified time —

(i)

within the territorial sea or internal waters or above the continental shelf of Brunei Darussalam or of a specified foreign state; or

(ii)

beyond the territorial sea of Brunei Darussalam or of a specified foreign state.

(2)

A court shall take judicial notice of the facts stated in such certificate.

Maritime Offences

(Ships and Fixed Platforms)