Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FOREIGN EVIDENCE ACT 1994 No. 59 of 1994 - SECT 39

39. This Part does not prevent an Australian court, or a person exercising a
function or power under an Australian law, requiring or accepting as evidence
of:

   (a)  the authenticity of the signature on a foreign public document; or

   (b)  the capacity in which the person signing a foreign public document has
        acted; or

   (c)  where appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp that a foreign
        public document bears; a lesser formality than a certificate, issued
        under the Convention, placed on or annexed to the
        foreign public document.