186Swearing of affidavits before justices of the peace, notaries public and lawyers

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186 Swearing of affidavits before justices of the peace, notaries public and lawyers

(1) Affidavits for use in: (a) an Australian court (other than a court of a Territory) in proceedings involving the exercise of federal jurisdiction; or (b) a court of a Territory in proceedings involving the exercise of jurisdiction conferred by an Act of the Parliament; may be sworn before any justice of the peace, notary public or Australian lawyer without the issue of any commission for taking affidavits. (2) In this section:

proceedings includes proceedings that:

(a) relate to bail; or
(b) are interlocutory proceedings or proceedings of a similar kind; or
(c) are heard in chambers; or
(d) relate to sentencing.

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