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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MARINE ACT 1982 - SECT 125

125 .         Evidence of documents and proof of signature

        (1)         All documents whatever purporting to be issued or written under this Act by or under the direction of or with the authority of the Minister, the Department or the chief executive officer and purporting to be signed by a person acting with the authority of the Minister, the Department or the chief executive officer, as the case may be, shall be admissible as evidence and be deemed, on production by any person, to have been so written and so signed until evidence to the contrary is shown.

        (2)         In this section, document includes certificate, permit, licence, exemption, dispensation, and register.

        (3)         A document required by or under this Act to be executed in the presence of or attested by a witness may be proved by the evidence of any person who is able to bear witness to the facts of execution or attestation without calling any attesting witness.

        [Section 125 amended by No. 35 of 1990 s. 21.]



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