Queensland Consolidated Acts

MAINTENANCE ACT 1965 - SECT 104

104 Translation of orders, records etc.

Where a certified copy of an order of a court (including a provisional order), a record of the evidence of a witness, or other document arising out of, or relating to, proceedings in a court outside the Commonwealth is not in the English language, it shall not be used for the purpose of registering an order under this part, or received in evidence in proceedings under this part, unless it is accompanied by a translation of the document into the English language certified under the hand of an officer of that court to be a correct translation, or bearing the seal of that court, and where such a document is accompanied by such a translation—

(a) the translation may be received in evidence to the same extent as the document of which it is a translation and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be a correct translation; and

(b) all notations made on the document shall be made also on the translation; and

(c) any copy of the document served on any person shall be accompanied by a copy of the translation.