Victorian Current Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 2008 - SECT 157

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 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

Section 5 of the Commonwealth Act extends the operation of section 157 of the Commonwealth Act to proceedings in all Australian courts.