REGISTRATION OF DEATHS ABROAD ACT 1984 - SECT 23 Evidence

REGISTRATION OF DEATHS ABROAD ACT 1984 - SECT 23

  (1)   The Register is prima facie evidence:

  (a)   of the facts recorded in it;

  (b)   that those facts were duly recorded; and

  (c)   that a death recorded in it was duly registered under this Act;

and is admissible in evidence without proof of the stamp , relevant State or Territory seal or signature authenticating the Register or any entry in the Register or of the official character of the person appearing to have signed , or sealed the Register or any entry in the Register.

  (2)   A copy of, or an extract from, an entry in the register, being a copy, or an extract, duly issued under section   19, is prima facie evidence:

  (a)   of the facts stated in the copy or extract;

  (b)   that those facts were duly recorded in the Register; and

  (c)   that the death which is recorded in the Register and to which the copy or extract relates was duly registered under this Act;

and a document purporting to be such a copy or extract shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such a copy or extract and to have been duly issued.

  (3)   A Certificate of Death Abroad, not being a certificate that is void by reason of subsection   22(6), is prima facie evidence:

  (a)   of the facts stated in it; and

  (b)   that the death to which the certificate relates was duly registered under this Act;

and a document purporting to be a Certificate of Death Abroad shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be a valid Certificate of Death Abroad.

  (4)   In this section, Certificate of Death Abroad has the same meaning as it has in section   21.