Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 42

42 Signatures of holders of public offices etc. to be judicially noticed

(1) Judicial notice must be taken of—

(a) the signature of a person who is or has been the holder of a public office; and

(b) the fact that the person holds or has held the office.

(2) For subsection (1) , the following offices are public offices—

(a) the office of Governor;

(b) the office of a Minister;

(c) the office of a judge, magistrate or warden;

(d) the office of an official of a court;

(e) the office of a justice of the peace or commissioner for declarations;

(f) another office of a public nature established under an Act;

(g) an office prescribed under an Act for this section.

(3) Schedule 1 provides examples of offices of a public nature established under an Act.

(4) This section is in addition to, and does not limit, the common law, another provision of this Act or a provision of another Act.