s 13
In forceAffidavits and declarations by blind or illiterate people
Part 5Miscellaneous
13 Affidavits and declarations by blind or illiterate people
(1)
If the person making an affidavit or statutory declaration is blind or illiterate, the authorised witness for the document must —
(a)
read the document aloud to the person, or cause the document to be read aloud to the person in the authorised witness’s presence; and
(b)
satisfy himself or herself that the person understood what was read aloud; and
(c)
certify on the document —
(i)
that the document was read aloud to the person; and
(ii)
that the authorised witness is satisfied that the person understood what was read aloud.
(2)
Subsection (1) is additional to section 9 or 12, as the case may be.
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