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CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 56

Evidence of certain matters

  (1)   A certificate by the Foreign Affairs Minister, or by an eligible person authorised by that Minister to make such a certificate, stating that:

  (a)   specified waters were, at a specified time:

  (i)   part of the high seas; or

  (ii)   within the coastal sea of Australia; or

  (b)   a specified place was, at a specified time, a place beyond the jurisdiction of any country;

is, for the purposes of any proceedings for an offence against this Part, evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.

  (2)   In this section:

"eligible person" means an SES employee in the Foreign Affairs Department.

 



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