Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (INTERNATIONALLY PROTECTED PERSONS) ACT 1976 - SECT 13

(1)

The Minister for Foreign Affairs 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.