Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1971 - SECT 19

If—

        (a)     it is proved that the signature of a person by whom a document purports to have been attested is the signature of that person; or

        (b)     the signature of a person by whom a document purports to have been attested is to be deemed to be the signature of that person;

and in the attestation, the person is described as having a specified description or as having attested the document in a specified capacity, that person shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have, at the time of the attestation, been a person of that description or to have attested the document in that capacity, as the case may be.