(1)In any proceedings against a fugitive offender under this Act, exhibits and depositions whether or not they are received or taken in the presence of the person against whom they are used, and copies thereof, and official certificates of facts and judicial documents stating facts, may, if duly authenticated, be received as evidence.
(2)Warrants, depositions or statements on oath which purport to have been issued, received or taken by any Court of Justice outside Bangladesh or copies thereof, and certificates of, or judicial documents stating the fact of, conviction before any such Court, shall be deemed duly authenticated,-
(a) if the warrant purports to be signed by a Judge, Magistrate, or officer of the State where the same was issued or acting in or for such State;
(b) if the depositions or statements or copies thereof purport to be certified, under the hand of a Judge, Magistrate or officer of the State where the same were taken of acting in or for such State, to be the original depositions or statements or to be true copies thereof, as the case may require;
(c) if the certificate of, or judicial document stating the fact of, a conviction purports to be certified by a Judge, Magistrate or officer of the State where the conviction took place or acting in or for such State; and
(d) if the warrant, depositions, statements, copies, certificates and judicial documents, as the case may be, are authenticated by the oath of some witness or by the official seal of a Minister of the State where the same were respectively issued, taken or given.
(3)For the purposes of this section, “warrant” includes any judicial document authorising the arrest of any person accused or convicted of an offence.
