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Maintenance Act 1965
sec.106Evidentiary
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### sec.106 Evidentiary
For the purposes of this part, and in all proceedings under or arising out of this part, a document purporting to be—
a certified copy of an order (including a provisional order) of a court; or
the record, or a certified copy of the record, of the evidence of a witness in proceedings before a court; or
a certificate or notice of a kind referred to in this division;
shall, unless the contrary is proved, be taken to be such a certified copy, record, certificate, or notice, and shall be admitted in evidence without proof of the signature of the person purporting to have signed it or of the person’s official position.
The depositions of a witness in proceedings before a court in another Australian State or in a reciprocating country, received in Queensland for the purposes of this part, shall be admissible in evidence in proceedings under this part in a court in Queensland.
s 106 amd 2010 No. 42 s 214 sch
(sec.106-ssec.1) For the purposes of this part, and in all proceedings under or arising out of this part, a document purporting to be— a certified copy of an order (including a provisional order) of a court; or the record, or a certified copy of the record, of the evidence of a witness in proceedings before a court; or a certificate or notice of a kind referred to in this division; shall, unless the contrary is proved, be taken to be such a certified copy, record, certificate, or notice, and shall be admitted in evidence without proof of the signature of the person purporting to have signed it or of the person’s official position.
(sec.106-ssec.2) The depositions of a witness in proceedings before a court in another Australian State or in a reciprocating country, received in Queensland for the purposes of this part, shall be admissible in evidence in proceedings under this part in a court in Queensland.
- (a) a certified copy of an order (including a provisional order) of a court; or
- (b) the record, or a certified copy of the record, of the evidence of a witness in proceedings before a court; or
- (c) a certificate or notice of a kind referred to in this division;