Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CUSTOMS ACT 1901 - SECT 13

             (1)  The Customs shall have a seal, called the Customs Seal, the design of which shall be determined by the CEO.

             (2)  The design so determined shall include:

                     (a)  the Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth, that is to say, the armorial ensigns and supporters granted to the Commonwealth by Royal Warrant dated 19 September 1912; and

                     (b)  the words "Australia--H.M. Customs".

             (3)  The Customs Seal shall be kept at such place, and in the custody of such person, as the CEO directs.

             (4)  The Customs Seal shall be used as directed by the CEO.

             (5)  The CEO, the Regional Director for a State and the Regional Director for the Northern Territory shall each have in his or her custody a stamp, called a Customs stamp, the design of which shall, as nearly as practicable, be the same as the design of the Customs Seal with the addition of:

                     (a)  in the case of the stamp in the custody of the CEO--the words "Australian Capital Territory"; and

                     (b)  in the case of the stamp in the custody of a Regional Director for a State--the name of the State; and

                     (c)  in the case of the stamp in the custody of the Regional Director for the Northern Territory--the words "Northern Territory".

             (6)  A Customs stamp shall be used as provided by this Act.

             (7)  All courts (whether exercising federal jurisdiction or not) and all persons acting judicially shall take judicial notice of the impression of the Customs Seal, or of the mark of a Customs stamp, on a document or a copy of a document and, in the absence of proof to the contrary, shall presume that impression or mark, as the case may be, was made by proper authority.