Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
157Public documents relating to court processes
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157 Public documents relating to court processes Evidence of a public document that is a judgment, act or other process of an Australian court or a foreign court, or that is a document lodged with an Australian court or a foreign court, may be
Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 100 adduced by producing a document that purports to be a copy of the public document and that: (a) is proved to be an examined copy; or (b) purports to be sealed with the seal of that court; or (c) purports to be signed by a judge, magistrate, registrar or other proper officer of that court. Note for section 157 Section 5 of the Commonwealth Act extends the operation of section 157 of the