Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FEDERAL MAGISTRATES ACT 1999 - SECT 48

             (1)  There are to be one or more Federal Magistrates Court stamps. For this purpose, a Federal Magistrates Court stamp is a stamp the design of which is, as nearly as practicable, the same as the design of the seal of the Federal Magistrates Court.

             (2)  A document or a copy of a document marked with a Federal Magistrates Court stamp is as valid and effectual as if it had been sealed with a seal of the Federal Magistrates Court.

             (3)  A Federal Magistrates Court stamp must be affixed to documents as provided by this or any other Act or by the Rules of Court.