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AUSTRALIAN CONSULAR OFFICERS' NOTARIAL POWERS AND EVIDENCE ACT 1946 - SECT 3
Powers of Australian consular officer or authorised employee
3 Powers of Australian consular officer or authorised employee
(1) Where any oath, affidavit, or notarial act is required for the purpose of
any court or matter in Queensland, any such oath or affidavit, and any such
notarial act which, if done in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, a notary public could do may, in any country or place
outside the Commonwealth, be made, sworn, and done by or before an Australian
consular officer or authorised employee exercising his or her functions in
that country or place.
(1A) Every such oath, affidavit, and notarial act
made, sworn, or done by or before any such Australian consular officer or
authorised employee shall be as effectual as if duly made, sworn, or done
before any lawful authority in Queensland.
(2) Any document required,
authorised, or permitted by any Act or law of this State to be attested, or
verified by, or sealed, or signed, or acknowledged or declared before a
justice of the peace of this State may, in any country or place outside the
Commonwealth, be attested, or verified, or sealed, or signed, or acknowledged
or declared by or before an Australian consular officer or authorised employee
exercising his or her functions in that country or place.
(2A) Every document
attested or verified by, or sealed, or signed, or acknowledged or declared
before any such Australian consular officer or authorised employee shall be as
effectual as if duly attested, or verified by, or sealed, or sworn, or
acknowledged or declared before a justice of the peace in Queensland.
(3) Any
document purporting to have affixed, impressed, or subscribed thereon or
thereto the seal or signature or seal and signature of an Australian consular
officer or authorised employee in testimony of any oath, affidavit, or
notarial act being made, taken, or done by or before the Australian consular
officer or authorised employee or of such document having been attested or
verified by, or sealed, or signed, or acknowledged or declared before the
Australian consular officer or authorised employee shall be admitted in
evidence without proof of the seal or signature or seal and signature of that
person, or of his or her official character.
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