South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts28—Proof by affidavit of service etc
(1) In any proceeding,
without prejudice to any other mode of proof—
(a) the
service on any person of any summons, notice, process, or document required or
authorised to be served; or
(b) the
handwriting of any officer or person on any warrant, summons, notice, process,
or document; or
(c) the
payment or tender, to any person summoned to attend as a witness, of any sum
in respect of the costs or expenses of such attendance,
may be proved by an affidavit taken before a justice or before a commissioner
for taking affidavits in the Supreme Court: Provided that the Magistrates
Court may require the person making such affidavit to be called as a witness,
or require further evidence of the facts.
(2) Service may also
be proved by tender of a certificate of service signed by the person who
effected service.
(3) A document
appearing to be an affidavit or certificate under this section may be
accepted, without further evidence, as proof of the matters stated in it.
(4) A person who gives
a false certificate under this section is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for two years.