Evidence of official records
155 Evidence of official records
Evidence of a Commonwealth record or of a public record of a State or Territory may be adduced by producing a document that:
purports to be such a record and to be signed or sealed by:
a Minister, or a Minister of the State or Territory, as the case requires; or
a person who might reasonably be supposed to have custody of the record; or
purports to be a copy of or extract from the record that is certified to be a true copy or extract by:
a Minister, or a Minister of the State or Territory, as the case requires; or
a person who might reasonably be supposed to have custody of the record.
If such a document is produced, it is presumed, unless evidence that is sufficient to raise doubt about the presumption is adduced, that:
the document is the record, copy or extract that it purports to be; and
the Minister, Minister of the State or Territory or person:
signed or sealed the record; or
certified the copy or extract as a true copy or extract;
as the case requires.
Section 5 extends the application of this section to proceedings in all Australian courts.
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