Statutory Declarations 1

LAWS OF MALAYSIA

Act 783

STATUTORY DECLARATIONS
ACT 1960
(Revised—2016)

REVISED BY
THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION, MALAYSIA
UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968
2016
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STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1960

Revised up to … … … … 1 November 2016

Date of publication in the

Gazette of this revised edition … … 17 November 2016

Date appointed for coming into

operation of this revised edition pursuant to
paragraph 6(1)(xxiii) of the Revision of Laws
Act 1968 [Act 1] … … … … 17 November 2016

National language text
to be authoritative … … … … P.U. (B) 197/1994

First enacted in 1960 as Act No. 20 of 1960

Previous Revision

First Revision ... ... ... ... 1969 (Act No. 13

w.e.f. 14 April 1970)
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LAWS OF MALAYSIA

Act 783

STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1960

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

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 References in Sabah and Sarawak federal laws to repealed laws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

Act 783

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. Any Sessions Court Judge, Magistrate or Commissioner for

Oaths, or, subject to section 4 of the Notaries Public Act 1959
[Act 115], any notary public appointed under the Notaries Public
Act 1959, may take and receive the declaration of any person
voluntarily making the declaration in Malay or English in the
form in the Schedule.

False declaration punishable under Penal Code

3. Declarations made by virtue of this Act shall be deemed to

be such declarations as are referred to in sections 199 and 200
of the Penal Code [Act 574].
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Fees

4. A person making any declaration by virtue of this Act shall

pay to the officer or Commissioner taking the declaration such
fees as the Minister may prescribe by notification in the Gazette.

References in Sabah and Sarawak federal laws to repealed laws

5. Any reference in any federal law in force in Sabah to the

Statutory Declarations Ordinance of Sabah [Cap. 138] and any
reference in any federal law in force in Sarawak to the Statutory
Declarations Ordinance of Sarawak [Cap. 52] or to the Statutory
Declarations Act 1835 [5 & 6 Wm. IV, C. 62], of the United
Kingdom, shall be deemed to be a reference to this Act.

Schedule
[Section 2]

In Malay

BORANG AKUAN

Saya,................................................................................dengan sesungguhnya
dan sebenarnya mengaku bahawa .......................................................dan saya
membuat akuan ini dengan kepercayaan bahawa akuan ini adalah benar, dan
menurut kuasa peruntukan Akta Akuan Berkanun 1960.

Diperbuat dan dengan sesungguhnya diakui oleh

yang tersebut namanya di atas..................................
di ..............................................................................
di dalam Negeri .......................................................
pada ......................................................... , 20..........

Di hadapan saya,

......................................
(Tandatangan Hakim
Mahkamah Sesyen, Majistret,
Pesuruhjaya Sumpah
atau notari awam)
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In English

FORM OF DECLARATION

I, .......................................................................................................................
do solemnly and sincerely declare that.............................................................
..........................................................................................................................
and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the declaration
to be true, and by virtue 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, Commissioner
for Oaths or notary public)

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Act 783

STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1960

(Revised—2016)
Particulars under paragraphs 7(ii) and (iii) of the Revision of
Laws Act 1968 [Act 1]

LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Amending law Short title In force from

P.U. 488/1968 Modification of Laws (Statutory Declarations) 28-11-1968

(Modifications and Extension to Borneo
States), Order 1968

LIST OF LAWS OR PARTS THEREOF SUPERSEDED

No. Title
Act 13 Statutory Declarations Act 1960
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LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED

Section Amending authority In force from

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Act 783

STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1960

(Revised—2016)

LIST OF AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE COMMISSIONER OF

LAW REVISION UNDER SECTION 6 OF THE REVISION OF
LAWS ACT 1968 [ACT 1]

Provision Particulars of amendments Authority for

amendment

section 2 1. Word “Any” substituted for “It shall paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

be lawful for any”

2. Comma after the word “Magistrate” paragraph 6(1)(xvi)

omitted

3. Word “may” substituted for “to” paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

4. Word “declaration” substituted for paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

“same”

section 3 Words “the provisions of” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

section 4 1. Words “the provisions of” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

2. Word “declaration” substituted for paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

“same”

3. Words “from time to time” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

4. Word “prescribe” transposed before paragraph 6(1)(xiii)

words “by notification in the Gazette”

Schedule 1. Word “sesungguhnya” substituted for paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

In Malay “sesungguh”

2. Word “dan” substituted for “serta” paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

3. Word “dalam” inserted after the word paragraph 6(1)(iii)

“di”

4. Comma inserted after the word “Majistret” paragraph 6(1)(xvi)

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Provision Particulars of amendments Authority for
amendment

5. Word “atau” after the word “Majistret” paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

omitted

6. Words “atau notari awam” inserted after paragraph 6(1)(iii)

the word “Pesuruhjaya Sumpah”

Schedule In 1. Word “declaration” substituted for paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

English “same”

2. Words “the provisions of” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

3. C o m m a i n s e r t e d a f t e r t h e w o r d paragraph 6(1)(xvi)
“Magistrate”

4. Word “or” after the word “Magistrate” paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

omitted

5. Words “or notary public” inserted after paragraph 6(1)(iii)

the word “Commissioner for Oaths”

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