36 No. 21 AmendMent of the Evidence Act, 1967. No.6 of 1967 Prevention of Terrorism 2002 54. The Evidence Act, 1967 is amended, in section 89(i) by redesignating that section as subsection (1); (ii) by inserting the following: ''(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and any other written law, where in criminal proceedings involving offence Of terrorism or international terrorism, a question arises as to whether anything or a substance is in a state described or purported to be described in a document, that document shall be admissible in evidence without proof of the signature or authority of the person appearing to have signed it and shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be proof of the facts stated therein.'' Passed m the National Assembly on the 5th November, 2002 Clerk of the National Assembly