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Documents published by authority of Parliaments etc

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154 Documents published by authority of Parliaments etc

It is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that a document purporting to have been printed by authority of an Australian Parliament, a House of an Australian Parliament, a committee of such a House or a committee of an Australian Parliament:

(a)

is what it purports to be; and

(b)

was published on the day on which it purports to have been published.

Note 2:

Section 5 extends the application of this section to proceedings in all Australian courts.

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Section 154 — Documents published by authority of Parliaments etc — Evidence Act 1995 (Commonwealth) — Barrister AI