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Criminal Procedure Act 2009
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410A Electronic signatures
(1) If the signature of a person is required by or under this Act, that requirement may be met by the person signing by electronic means.
(2) It does not matter whether any other person does or does not consent to the requirement being met that way.
(3) The reference in subsection (1) to the signature of a person being required also refers to there being consequences for the absence of that signature.
Section 77(3) provides that a criminal record is inadmissible as evidence against the person to whom it relates in a criminal proceeding for an offence unless the criminal record is signed by certain persons.
S. 359 renumbered as s. 411 by No. 68/2009 s. 52(y).