Criminal Procedure Regulation 2017
9MPresumptions about signatures on written statements
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9M Presumptions about signatures on written statements
9M Presumptions about signatures on written statements
(1) In any proceedings it is presumed, if there is no evidence to the contrary, that a signature on a written statement purporting or appearing to be the signature of the person who made it, or a person who signed on behalf of the maker, or a witness to the signing of the statement, is the signature of the person concerned.
(2) In any proceedings it is presumed, if there is no evidence to the contrary, that a statement purporting or appearing to be signed by another person on behalf of the person who made the statement in accordance with this Division has been so signed.
cl 9M: Ins 2018 (171), Sch 1 [1].