§ 454

Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
(a)In determining the propriety of taking judicial notice of a matter, or the tenor thereof:
(1)Any source of pertinent information, including the advice of persons learned in the subject matter, may be consulted or used, whether or not furnished by a party.
(2)Exclusionary rules of evidence do not apply except for Section 352 and the rules of privilege.
(b)Where the subject of judicial notice is the law of an organization of nations, a foreign nation, or a public entity in a foreign nation and the court resorts to the advice of persons learned in the subject matter, such advice, if not received in open court, shall be in writing.

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