South Australian Current Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1929 - SECT 37C

37C—Proof of Imperial orders-in-Council

        (1)         In this section—

"Imperial order-in-Council" means—

            (a)         any letters patent or Imperial order-in-Council; or

            (b)         any admiralty map or chart issued by, or under the authority of, the Government of Great Britain, or the United Kingdom.

        (2)         Evidence of the making and contents of an Imperial order-in-Council may be given by production of a document purporting to be certified by the Secretary to the Attorney-General as a true copy of the Imperial order-in-Council.

        (3)         A statement in a document produced in evidence under subsection (2) of this section as to the date of publication of the Imperial order-in-Council shall be evidence that the Imperial order-in-Council was published on that date.