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in reply to Display the data passed from php

Usually CGI scripts are placed in cgi-bin directory (with 755 access rights).

So your form must look like 

<form method="get" action="/cgi-bin/mail_contact.pl" onsubmit="return 
+validate()">

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Also don't forget to add 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

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in the first line of your script (to tell server where the perl is)

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