CRIMES (INTERNATIONALLY PROTECTED PERSONS) ACT 1976 - SECT 13 Evidence of matters relating to Convention
CRIMES (INTERNATIONALLY PROTECTED PERSONS) ACT 1976 - SECT 13
Evidence of matters relating to Convention(1) The Foreign Affairs Minister may give a written certificate stating:
(a) that the Convention entered into force for a particular country on a particular day; or
(b) that a particular country has not denounced the Convention; or
(c) that a particular country has denounced the Convention and the denunciation took effect on a particular day.
(2) Australia may be named in a certificate under subsection ( 1).
(3) A certificate given under subsection ( 1) is
admissible in any proceedings as prima facie evidence of the matters stated in
the certificate.