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EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 151

Seals of bodies established under State law

  (1)   If the imprint of a seal appears on a document and purports to be the imprint of the seal of a body (other than a court or a tribunal), or a body corporate, established by Royal Charter or a law of a State, it is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that:

  (a)   the imprint is the imprint of that seal; and

  (b)   the document was duly sealed as it purports to have been sealed.

  (2)   This section extends to documents sealed before the commencement of this section.


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