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EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 5 Extended application of certain provisions

EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 5

Extended application of certain provisions

    The provisions of this Act referred to in the Table apply to all proceedings in an Australian court, including proceedings that:

  (a)   relate to bail; or

  (b)   are interlocutory proceedings or proceedings of a similar kind; or

  (c)   are heard in chambers; or

  (d)   relate to sentencing.

 

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Provisions of this Act

Subject matter

Subsection   70(2)

Evidence of tags and labels in Customs prosecutions and Excise prosecutions

Section   143

Matters of law

Section   150

Seals and signatures

Section   153

Gazettes and other official documents

Section   154

Documents published by authority of Parliaments etc.

Section   155

Official records

Section   155A

Commonwealth documents

Section   157

Public documents relating to court processes

Section   158

Evidence of certain public documents

Section   159

Official statistics

Section   163

Proof of letters having been sent by Commonwealth agencies

Section   182

Commonwealth records, postal articles sent by Commonwealth agencies and certain Commonwealth documents

Note :   Australian court is defined in the Dictionary to cover all courts in Australia . The definition extends to persons and bodies that take evidence or that are required to apply the laws of evidence.