Records made under this Part to be received as prima facie evidence of matter therein contained
135 Records made under this Part to be received as prima facie evidence of matter therein contained
S. 135 amended by No. 8228 s. 6(a).
S. 135(1) amended by Nos 8752 s. 6(1)(f)(i)(ii), 9156 s. 3(2)(e), substituted by No. 100/1995 s. 23(4).
The notes of any shorthand writer or the record made by mechanical means under this Part and the written transcript of such notes or record when certified as correct by the shorthand writer or the person recording the evidence or the person preparing the written transcript are evidence of anything recorded in the notes, record or transcript.
S. 135(2) inserted by No. 8228 s. 6(b), amended by Nos 8752 s. 6(1)(f)(iii), 100/1995 s. 23(5).
Where it is made to appear to a court that a document contains a written transcript of the notes of a shorthand writer or of a record made under this Part by a writer or person who is dead or who is out of Victoria or who is unfit by reason of his bodily or mental condition to certify to the correctness of the transcript of the notes or record and the court is satisfied that the transcript of the notes or record is correct the court may receive the transcript as prima facie evidence of anything therein recorded.
S. 136 amended by No. 9156 s. 3(2)(f), repealed by No. 100/1995 s. 23(6).
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No. 5877 s. 2 [129].
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