EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 152 Documents produced from proper custody

EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 152

152 Documents produced from proper custody

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 of the Commonwealth Act gives section 152 of the Commonwealth Act a wider application in relation to Commonwealth records and certain Commonwealth documents.