Western Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2004 - SECT 152

152 .         Corporation may appoint representative

        (1)         A corporation may appoint an individual, who need not be a legal practitioner, to be its representative in proceedings before the court.

        (2)         The appointment need not be under the seal of the corporation.

        (3)         The following documents are proof of the appointment of an individual as a corporation’s representative in the absence of evidence to the contrary —

            (a)         a document under the seal of the corporation that makes the appointment; or

            (b)         a certificate, signed by an officer (as defined in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth) of the corporation, that the appointment has been made.

        (4)         A corporation’s representative is not, by reason only of the appointment, qualified or entitled to act on behalf of the corporation for any purposes other than those of this Division.

        [Section 152 amended: No. 21 of 2008 s. 657(9).]