EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 152 Documents produced from proper custody

EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 152

    If a document that is or purports to be more than 20 years old is produced from proper custody, it is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that:

  (a)   the document is the document that it purports to be; and

  (b)   if it purports to have been executed or attested by a person--it was duly executed or attested by that person.

Note:   Section   182 gives this section a wider application in relation to Commonwealth records and certain Commonwealth documents.