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Oaths Act 1867
sec.31VAction after witness confirms document
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### sec.31V Action after witness confirms document
After a witness confirms a document witnessed by the witness by audio visual link, the witness must give the document, a true copy or a counterpart of the document to the relevant person for the document.
scanning the document and emailing the scanned copy to the person
giving a hard copy printout of the document to the person
In this section—
give includes—
give by electronic means; and
give by allowing online computer access; and
allowing a person to access and download a document from an online file-sharing website
give by post.
relevant person , for a document, means—
the signatory for the document; or
a person to whom the signatory directs the document, true copy or counterpart be given.
A person to whom the signatory directs the document, true copy or counterpart be given may be or include the witness for the document.
s 31V ins 2021 No. 23 s 40
(sec.31V-ssec.1) After a witness confirms a document witnessed by the witness by audio visual link, the witness must give the document, a true copy or a counterpart of the document to the relevant person for the document. scanning the document and emailing the scanned copy to the person giving a hard copy printout of the document to the person
(sec.31V-ssec.2) In this section— give includes— give by electronic means; and give by allowing online computer access; and allowing a person to access and download a document from an online file-sharing website give by post. relevant person , for a document, means— the signatory for the document; or a person to whom the signatory directs the document, true copy or counterpart be given. A person to whom the signatory directs the document, true copy or counterpart be given may be or include the witness for the document.
- • scanning the document and emailing the scanned copy to the person
- • giving a hard copy printout of the document to the person
- (a) give by electronic means; and
- (b) give by allowing online computer access; and Example for paragraph (b) — allowing a person to access and download a document from an online file-sharing website
- (c) give by post.
- (a) the signatory for the document; or
- (b) a person to whom the signatory directs the document, true copy or counterpart be given. Note— A person to whom the signatory directs the document, true copy or counterpart be given may be or include the witness for the document.