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Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023
sec.102Executing documents
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### sec.102 Executing documents
The registrar is to have 1 or more seals.
A certificate or other document issued by or for the registrar may be issued—
under 1 of the registrar’s seals; and
with the signature, or a facsimile of a signature, of the registrar or the registrar’s delegate.
If a document produced in evidence before a court is apparently signed and sealed by or for the registrar, the court must presume, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the document was properly issued under the registrar’s authority.
In this section—
court includes an administrative authority or official.
(sec.102-ssec.1) The registrar is to have 1 or more seals.
(sec.102-ssec.2) A certificate or other document issued by or for the registrar may be issued— under 1 of the registrar’s seals; and with the signature, or a facsimile of a signature, of the registrar or the registrar’s delegate.
(sec.102-ssec.3) If a document produced in evidence before a court is apparently signed and sealed by or for the registrar, the court must presume, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the document was properly issued under the registrar’s authority.
(sec.102-ssec.4) In this section— court includes an administrative authority or official.
- (a) under 1 of the registrar’s seals; and
- (b) with the signature, or a facsimile of a signature, of the registrar or the registrar’s delegate.