UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 35.7 Affidavits by persons who cannot read

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 35.7

35.7 Affidavits by persons who cannot read

An affidavit made by a blind or illiterate person may not be used unless--

(a) the affidavit bears a certificate referred to in section 27A of the Oaths Act 1900 , or

(b) the court is otherwise satisfied--

(i) that the affidavit was read to the deponent in the presence of the person before whom it was made, and

(ii) that it appeared to that person that the deponent understood the affidavit.