Queensland Consolidated Acts

OATHS ACT 1867 - SECT 13G

13G Substitute signatories

(1) The signatory for an affidavit or declaration may direct another person (a
"substitute signatory" ) to sign the document for them.

(2) However, each of the following persons is excluded from signing an affidavit or declaration as a substitute signatory—

(a) a person witnessing the document;

(b) if the document is to be filed or admitted into evidence in a proceeding by or for a party—a person who is another party to the proceeding or a relation of another party to the proceeding.

Note—

See also section 31P for further limitations on who may be a substitute signatory if the direction to sign is given by audio visual link. A person may also be excluded under another Act or law from signing a document as a substitute signatory.

(3) In this section—

"relation" , of a person, see the Powers of Attorney Act 1998 , schedule 3 .