Evidentiary provision
27 Evidentiary provision
In any legal proceedings, an apparently genuine document purporting to be a certificate of the Commissioner of Police and to certify that—
a special powers authorisation or special area declaration was issued under this Act in the terms specified in the certificate and was in operation between specified days and times; or
a specified person was, between specified days and times, a member of the Australian Federal Police or a member of the police force of another
State or a Territory of the Commonwealth, appointed under this Act as a recognised law enforcement officer, constitutes proof, in the absence of proof to the contrary, of the matters stated in the document.
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