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FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 214C

214C .         Swearing of affidavits etc.

        (1)         An affidavit to be used in a proceeding in the Court or the Magistrates Court may be sworn or affirmed in Australia before —

            (a)         a person before whom that affidavit may be sworn or affirmed under the Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations Act 2005 ; or

            (b)         a person authorised under section 214B(1); or

            (c)         a person to whom the Family Law Act section 98AB(1) applies.

        (2)         An affidavit to be used in a proceeding in the Court or the Magistrates Court may be sworn or affirmed outside Australia before —

            (a)         a person before whom that affidavit may be sworn or affirmed under the Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations Act 2005 ; or

            (b)         a person to whom the Family Law Act section 98AB(2) applies.

        (3)         This section does not limit the Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations Act 2005 .

        (4)         This section applies to the Magistrates Court exercising —

            (a)         its federal jurisdiction under section 38; or

            (b)         its non-federal jurisdictions under section 39; or

            (c)         any other jurisdiction under a law of the Commonwealth, where that law confers jurisdiction on both the Court and the Magistrates Court.

        [Section 214C inserted: No. 13 of 2013 s. 33.]



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