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6711 Affidavit—contents
(1) An affidavit must be confined to facts within the knowledge of the
person making the affidavit.
(2) However, an affidavit to be used in an application in a proceeding
may contain statements based on information and belief if the person
making it states the sources of the information and the grounds for the
belief.
Note 2 The hearsay rule does not apply to evidence in an application in a
proceeding if the party adducing the evidence also adduces evidence of
its source (see Evidence Act, s 75 (Exception—interlocutory
proceedings)).
(3) This rule does not apply to an affidavit made under division 2.11.3
(Default by defendant).
Note An affidavit in support of an application for default judgment must
comply with r 1119 (Default judgments—relevant affidavits).
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