155Evidence of official records

155 Evidence of official records (1) Evidence of a Commonwealth record or of a public document of the Territory, a State or another Territory may be adduced by producing a document that: (a) purports to be such a record or document and to be signed or sealed by: (i) a Minister of the Commonwealth, or a Minister of the Territory, a State or another Territory, as the case requires; or (ii) a person who might reasonably be supposed to have custody of the record or document; or (b) purports to be a copy of or extract from the record or document that is certified to be a true copy or extract by: (i) a Minister of the Commonwealth, or a Minister of the Territory, a State or another Territory, as the case requires; or (ii) a person who might reasonably be supposed to have custody of the record or document. (2) If such a document is produced, it is presumed, unless evidence that is sufficient to raise doubt about the presumption is adduced, that: (a) the document is the record, public document, copy or extract that it purports to be; and (b) the Minister of the Commonwealth, or the Minister of the Territory, the State or the other Territory, or the person: (i) signed or sealed the record; or (ii) certified the copy or extract as a true copy or extract; as the case requires. Note for section 155 This section differs from section 155 of the Commonwealth Act. The Commonwealth provision refers to evidence of a "public record" of a State or Territory rather than evidence of a "public document" of a State or Territory.

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