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Lesser formalities for authentication etc

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Part 5Authenticating foreign public documents

39 Lesser formalities for authentication etc

This Part does not prevent an Australian court, or a person exercising a function or power under an Australian law, requiring or accepting as evidence of:

(a)

the authenticity of the signature on a foreign public document; or

(b)

the capacity in which the person signing a foreign public document has acted; or

(c)

where appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp that a foreign public document bears;

a lesser formality than a certificate, issued under the Convention, placed on or annexed to the foreign public document.

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