Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section,
unless the contrary intention appears —
court document means a summons, court hearing
notice, section 155 notice, witness summons, warrant or an order or other
document issued by a court.
(2) A court document
has effect according to its wording.
(3) In the absence of
evidence to the contrary, it is to be presumed that —
(a) a
court document that purports to have been issued by a court was in fact issued
by the court; and
(b) the
person who issued a court document was empowered to do so; and
(c) any
signature on a court document is that of the person who issued it.
(4) The validity of a
court document is not affected by the death of the person who issued it.