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Oaths Act 1867
sec.31TGeneral requirements for witnessing documents
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### sec.31T General requirements for witnessing documents
A document may be witnessed by audio visual link only if—
the audio visual link enables the witness to be satisfied, by the sounds and images made by the link, that the signatory or substitute signatory is signing the document; and
the witness forms the satisfaction under paragraph (a) in real time.
See also sections 13D , 13E and 13H for additional requirements.
s 31T ins 2021 No. 23 s 40
sub 2023 No. 23 s 157
- (a) the audio visual link enables the witness to be satisfied, by the sounds and images made by the link, that the signatory or substitute signatory is signing the document; and
- (b) the witness forms the satisfaction under paragraph (a) in real time.