Section 129

(1) Where on the hearing of any complaint, it is proposed to prove against the defendant the fact of a previous (a) a copy of the order of any summary jurisdiction court, in respect of the former offence purporting to be certified by the clerk of that court; or (b) production of a copy of a warrant of reciting the 74 purporting to be certified under the hand of the keeper of the prison, shall upon proof of identity of the person be sufficient evidence of the conviction. (2) A previous conviction may in the alternative be proved against any person in any criminal proceedings by the production of such evidence of the conviction as is mentioned in subsections (3), (4) and (5) of this section, and by showing that his fingerprints and those of the person previously convicted are the fingerprints of the same person. (3) A certificate purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, containing particulars relating to a conviction extracted from the criminal records kept by him, and certifying that the copies of the fingerprints exhibited to the certificate are copies of the fingerprints appearing from the said records to have been taken in pursuance of section 19 of the Police Act, Cap. 138, from the person convicted on the occasion of the conviction, shall be evidence of the conviction and evidence that the copies of the fingerprints exhibited to the certificate are copies of the fingerprints of the person convicted. (4) A certificate purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the keeper of a prison in which any person has been detained in connection with any criminal proceedings, certifying that the fingerprints exhibited thereto were taken from him while he was so detained, shall be evidence in those proceedings that the fingerprints exhibited to the certificate are the fingerprints of that person. (5) A certificate, purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, and certifying that the fingerprints, copies of which are certified as provided in subsection (3) of this section by or on behalf of the Commissioner to be copies of the fingerprints of a person previously convicted and the fingerprints certified by or on 75 behalf of the keeper of a prison as provided in subsection (4) of this section, or otherwise shown, to be the fingerprints of the person against whom the previous conviction is sought to be proved are the fingerprints of the same person shall be evidence of the matter so certified.