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Swearing of affidavits before justices of the peace, notaries public and lawyers

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Chapter 5Miscellaneous

186 Swearing of affidavits before justices of the peace, notaries public and lawyers

(1)

Affidavits for use in:

(a)

an Australian court (other than a court of a Territory) in proceedings involving the exercise of federal jurisdiction; or

(b)

a court of a Territory in proceedings involving the exercise of jurisdiction conferred by an Act of the Parliament;

may be sworn before any justice of the peace, notary public or Australian lawyer without the issue of any commission for taking affidavits.

(2)

In this section:

proceedings includes proceedings that:

(a)

relate to bail; or

(b)

are interlocutory proceedings or proceedings of a similar kind; or

(c)

are heard in chambers; or

(d)

relate to sentencing.

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