Section 211: Mode of proving previous conviction

211. Mode of proving previous conviction (1) A previous conviction for crime may be proved by producing— (a) a certificate containing the substance and effect of the charge and conviction signed by the clerk or registrar of a Court and certifying that— (i) the person concerned was previously convicted before that Court; or (ii) where the person concerned was convicted by that Court of another offence, he admitted that he was so previously convicted or was proved to have been so previously convicted; or C59 – 39 [Issue 1] Criminal Procedure Act (b) the original record of the case in which the previous conviction was made or the original warrant of commitment in virtue of which the person concerned has served, or is serving, a sentence passed upon him on his previous conviction of a crime, and by giving proof of the identity of the person against whom a previous conviction is sought to be proved with the person named in the certificate or record or warrant, as the case may be. (2) A certificate from the police officer in charge of fingerprint records at the Police Headquarters who has compared the fingerprints of an accused with the fingerprints of a person previously convicted of a crime, certifying the identity of the accused with the person previously convicted, shall, where the fingerprints of the accused have actually been taken by the officer producing the certificate, be prima facie proof that the accused and the person previously convicted are one and the same person. 212. – 218. —