Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 2011 - SECT 158

    (1)     If—

        (a)     a public document, or a certified copy of a public document, of a State or another Territory is admissible for a purpose in the State or other Territory under the law of the State or other Territory; and

        (b)     it purports to be sealed, or signed and sealed, or signed alone, as directed by the law of the State or other Territory;

it is admissible in evidence to the same extent and for that purpose in all ACT courts—

        (c)     without proof of—

              (i)     the seal or signature; or

              (ii)     the official character of the person appearing to have signed it; and

        (d)     without further proof in every case in which the original document could have been received in evidence.

    (2)     A public document of a State or another Territory that is admissible in evidence for any purpose in the State or other Territory under the law of that State or Territory without proof of—

        (a)     the seal or signature authenticating the document; or

        (b)     the judicial or official character of the person appearing to have signed the document;

is admissible in evidence to the same extent and for any purpose in all ACT courts without that proof.

    (3)     This section only applies to documents that are public records of a State or another Territory.