Western Australian Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 69A

69A .         WA registers, proof of

                When by any Statute in force in the State any person is required to keep any register, then any register purporting or appearing to be kept pursuant to the Statute shall (save in so far as the contrary may be proved) be deemed to be and be admissible in evidence as a complete and accurate register and record and —

            (a)         any document purporting to be a copy of the register and to be certified as correct by the person aforesaid; or

            (b)         a Gazette containing what purports to be a copy of the register; or

            (c)         any document purporting to be a copy of the register and to be printed by the Government Printer or by the authority of the Government of the State,

                shall be prima facie evidence of the contents of the register as existing on the date when the document or Gazette purports to have been certified, or printed, or issued, and the production thereof in any court or before any person shall (save in so far as it may be proved not to be a true copy) be equivalent to the production of the original register.

        [Section 69A inserted by No. 16 of 1913 s. 4.]