South Australian Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 10

10—Execution of documents

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

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

            (a)         the Registrar's signature and seal; or

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

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