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MARRIAGE ACT 1961 - SECT 116

Judicial notice of signatures of Registrars, celebrants etc.

  (1)   Judicial notice shall be taken of the signature of a person who holds or has held, or is acting or has acted in, the office of:

  (a)   Registrar of Foreign Marriages;

  (b)   Deputy Registrar of Foreign Marriages;

  (c)   Registrar of Overseas Marriages;

appearing on a document under this Act and of the fact that, at the time the document was signed by the person, he or she held, or was acting in, that office.

  (2)   Judicial notice shall be taken of the signature of a person who is, or has been, an authorised celebrant appearing on a document under this Act and of the fact that, at the time the document was signed by the person, he or she was an authorised celebrant, as the case may be.

  (3)   Judicial notice shall be taken of the signature of a person who has, at any time:

  (a)   performed the functions of a Judge or magistrate under Part   II of this Act or of a Judge under the Part repealed by the Marriage Amendment Act 1976 ;

  (b)   performed the functions of a prescribed authority under this Act; or

  (c)   kept a register under Division   1 of Part   IV of this Act;

appearing on a document under this Act and of the fact that, at the time the document was signed, that person was duly authorised to perform those functions or to keep that register, as the case may be.


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