Victorian Current Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 2008 - SECT 152

If a document that is or purports to be more than 20 years old is produced from proper custody, it is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that—

        (a)     the document is the document that it purports to be; and

        (b)     if it purports to have been executed or attested by a person—it was duly executed or attested by that person.

Note

Section 182 of the Commonwealth Act gives section 152 of the Commonwealth Act a wider application in relation to Commonwealth records and certain Commonwealth documents.

Division 2—Matters of official record