Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 39X

39X Testimony from outside Australia other than on oath

(1) This section applies if the external location is in a country other than Australia and an oath is not allowed under the law of the country.

(2) The evidence may be given otherwise than on oath under a caution or admonition that would be accepted by a court in that country for the purpose of giving evidence in the court.

(3) The probative value of the evidence given under subsection (2) is not diminished merely because the evidence is not given on oath.

(4) A person giving the evidence under subsection (2) is liable to be convicted of perjury as if the evidence were given on oath.