Queensland Consolidated Acts

OATHS ACT 1867 - SECT 31U

31U Confirmation of signed document by witness

(1) A person who witnesses a document by audio visual link must confirm the document as soon as practicable after witnessing it, which may or may not be the day on which the document is witnessed.

(2) The person may confirm a document as the document witnessed by the person only if the person is satisfied the document—

(a) is the document signed by the signatory or substitute signatory; or

(b) is a true copy of the document signed by the signatory or substitute signatory; or

Examples for paragraph (b)—

• a scanned copy of a signed document sent electronically to the witness

• a printout of an electronically signed document sent to the witness

(c) is a counterpart for the document signed by the signatory or substitute signatory.

Note—

Affidavits and declarations in the form of electronic documents may be electronically signed—see sections 31F (for affidavits) and 31K (for declarations).

(3) If a justice or commissioner for declarations confirms an electronic document, the justice or commissioner for declarations is not required to insert on the document the imprint of a seal of office issued to the person under the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations Act 1991 .