Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT - SECT 10

(1) The Registrar or a Deputy Registrar may issue a certificate or other document under his or her signature and the seal, or a facsimile of his or her signature and the seal produced by stamp, machine imprint or some other method authorised by the Regulations.

(2) If a document produced before a court or an administrative authority or official is apparently under -

(a) the signature of the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar and the seal; or

(b) a facsimile of the signature of the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar and the seal produced by stamp, machine imprint, or some other method authorised by the Regulations,

the court, authority or official shall presume, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the document was properly issued under the authority of the Registrar or the Deputy Registrar.