Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 No. 156 of 1976 - SECT 36

36. (1) The Court shall have a seal, the design of which shall be determined
by the Attorney-General.

(2) The seal of the Court shall be kept at the Principal Registry in such
custody as the Chief Judge directs.

(3) The Registrar shall have in his custody a stamp the design of which shall,
as nearly as practicable, be the same as the design of the seal of the
Court, with the addition of the words ''Principal Registry''.

(4) The District Registrar in respect of each District Registry shall have in
his custody a stamp the design of which shall, as nearly as practicable, be
the same as the design of the seal of the Court, with the addition of such
words as the Chief Judge directs for the purpose of relating the stamp to that
District Registry.

(5) A document or a copy of a document marked with a stamp referred to in
sub-section (3) or (4) is as valid and effectual as if it had been sealed with
the seal of the Court.

(6) The seal of the Court and the stamps referred to in this section shall be
affixed to documents as provided by this or any other Act or by the Rules of
Court.