Victorian Numbered Acts

OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS ACT 2018 (NO. 6 OF 2018) - SECT 26

    (1)     An authorised affidavit taker before whom an affidavit is sworn or affirmed must do the following—

        (a)     sign or initial any alteration to the affidavit;

        (b)         sign each page of the affidavit;

        (c)     administer the oath or affirmation to the deponent in accordance with Part 2;

        (d)     comply with section 27.

    (2)     If an affidavit refers to a document, the authorised affidavit taker must attach a certificate to the document identifying the document as an exhibit to the affidavit and do the following—

        (a)     sign and date the certificate;

        (b)     write, type or stamp below the affidavit taker's signature on the certificate the details referred to in section 27(1)(c).

Note

A certificate under this subsection may be prepared or produced by a person other than the authorised affidavit taker.

    (3)     An authorised affidavit taker must ensure that an affidavit is dated.

    (4)     Part 5 does not apply to a certificate attached to an exhibit under this section.

Note

See the offence in section 126B of the Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958 .