(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.