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Laws of Malaysia
ACT 88
of a State certifying to an official document, information or material
that it is an official secret shall be conclusive evidence that the
document, information or material is an official secret and shall
not be questioned in any court on any ground whatsoever.
Communications with foreign agents to be evidence of commission
of certain offences
17. (1) In any prosecution for an offence under this Act, the fact
that a person has been in communication with, or attempted to
communicate with, a foreign agent, whether within or without
Malaysia, shall be evidence that he has, for a purpose prejudicial
to the safety or interests of Malaysia, obtained or attempted to
obtain or to communicate information which is likely to be or
might be or is calculated to be or is intended to be directly or
indirectly useful to a foreign power or to an enemy.
(2) For the purpose of this section, but without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing provision—
(a) a person shall, unless he proves the contrary, be presumed
to have been in communication with a foreign agent if—
(i) he has, either within or without Malaysia, visited
the address of a foreign agent or consorted or
associated with a foreign agent; or
(ii) either, within or without Malaysia, the name or
address of, or any other information regarding, a
foreign agent has been found in his possession or
control or has been supplied by him to any other
person, or has been obtained by him from any other
person;
(b) (Deleted by Act A573);
(c) any address, whether within or without Malaysia, reasonably
suspected of being an address used for the receipt of
communications intended for a foreign agent, or any address
at which a foreign agent resides, or to which he resorts
for the purpose of giving or receiving communications,
or at which he carries on any business, shall be deemed
to be the address of a foreign agent, and communications
addressed to such an address to be communication with
a foreign agent.
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