Recorded statutory declaration
20 Recorded statutory declaration
(1) A statutory declaration may be made as an audio or audiovisual recording of any kind.
(3) The person making the declaration must make a statement at the end of the recording:
that the declaration is true; and
(b) to the effect that the person knows it is an offence to make a statutory declaration that is false in any material particular; and
(c) setting out the place where, and the date when, the statement required by this subsection is recorded.
(4) The statement required by subsection (3) must be recorded in the presence, whether physically or by audiovisual link, of an adult witness.
Note for subsection (4)
The witness does not have to be present for the making of the rest of the declaration recording.
(5) After the person making the declaration has recorded the statement required by subsection (3), the witness must make a statement, at the end of the recording, stating:
the witness's full name and address or telephone number; and
(b) that the witness witnessed the recording of the statement required by subsection (3).
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