SD,SD,SD -WHAT IS A STATUTORY DECLARATION?

WELL.WELL,WELL, if anything, the newspapers are full of stories of STATUTORY DECLARATIONS made by certain quarters whose obsession now seems to be producing SDs(statutory declarations). Perhaps they are going for the record, you can never tell. We might just get to awarded a place in the World Guiness Book of Record for the most rapid number of SDs produced in a single case!
Just what is a statutory declaration? Apakah dia Perakuan Bersumpah? I a hanyalah suatu kenyataan bertulis oleh mana-mana orang mengenai sebarang perkara atau peristiwa. Kenapa dan untuk apa orang itu membuatnya? Hanya orqang itu sahaj lah yang tahu. Jika mahu dibuat maka tiada siap pun boleh melarang. Bahasa dalam Akta 13 di bawah ini adalah jelas.

May be some of us are too busy to do some research. Just refer to a copy of the
STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1960,Act 13 below:

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. It shall be lawful for 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, to take and receive the declaration of
any person voluntarily making the same in Malay or English in the
form in the Schedule.

False declaration punishable under Penal Code

3. Declarations made by virtue of the provisions 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].

Fees

4. A person making any declaration by virtue of the provisions
of this Act shall pay to the officer or Commissioner taking the
same such fees as the Minister may from time to time by
notification in the Gazette prescribe.

SCHEDULE
[Section 2]
In Malay

BORANG AKUAN

Saya,............................................................................... dengan sesungguh
dan sebenarnya mengakui bahawa..........................................................dan
saya membuat akuan ini dengan kepercayaan bahawa akuan ini benar, serta
menurut peruntukan Akta Akuan Berkanun 1960.
Diperbuat dan dengan sesungguhnya diakui oleh
yang tersebut namanya di atas ............................. di............................................................................
di Negeri ...............................................................pada.......................................................................
................................................................, 20 ........

Di hadapan saya,
............................................
(Tandatangan Hakim
Mahkamah Sesyen, Majistret
atau Pesuruhjaya Sumpah)



Statutory Declarations

In English

FORM OF DECLARATION
I,..............................................................do solemnly and sincerely declare
that..................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................
and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be
true, and by virtue of the provisions 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 or Commissioner
for Oaths)

Itulah dia rupa dan bentuk Perakuan Bersumpah atua lebih glamour lagi dikenali dengan SD(statutory declaration) Betul! Sesiapa saje boleh datang dan buat suatu SD. Tapi ingat, kalau SD itu didapati palsu atau sengaja diada-adakan mengenai isikandungannya maka orang yang membuatnya boleh dikenakan tindakan pendakwaan jenayah di bawah S.199 dan S.200,Kanun Keseksaan or Penal Code. Pembuat SD itu juga jika didapati bersalah boleh dihukum sama seperti orang yang membuat atau memberi keterangan palsu kepada mahkamah dan boleh dihukum dibawah S.193 Kanun Keseksaan iaitu hukuman penjara maksima tiga tahun dan denda.

The latest yesterday was another SD made against our beloved Deputy Prime Minister, Dato` Seri Najib and his wife , Datin Seri Rosmah,alleged to be linked to the Al-Tantuya murder case. As we have seen yesterday in the news on TV our Deputy Prime Minister have strongly rejected and denied such while and crazy allegation to be baseless and out to smear the good name of our DPM and wife and the entire government led by our beloved Prime Minster, Dato` Seri Abdullah Hj Ahmad Badawi.
Even the DPM`s staff in not safe from being implicated.The picture of the the DPM`s staff was posted in the internet who was seen standing next to the complainant, Saifufl Bukhari Azlan, in an allegation of sodomy against Anwar Ibrahim made by Saiful in his SD . Some tabloids started some wild stories that the staff was one of the person involved in the conspiracy levelled against Anwar.
The poor staff was puzzled over such wild aspersions and indeed highly scandalous inuendos suddenly became another point of attack. I believe we shld all stop making our speculation and indeed stop making uncessary and baseless SDs and led the Police get on with their professiona investigation into the allegation.
I believe the Police will discharge their duties most professionally given their years of training and expertise.