South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts57—Copies so transmitted to be as valid and effectual as originals
(1) Every copy so
endorsed and certified as aforesaid shall be as valid to all intents and
purposes as the original, whereof it purports to be a copy, would have been,
and shall be admissible in evidence in any case in which the original would
have been so admissible; and any person by whom such copy has been received,
or who is thereby authorised, instructed, or commanded, or who is lawfully
charged with any duty in respect thereof, shall have and become liable to the
same rights and duties in respect thereof as if he had received the original
document duly signed and sealed, or signed or sealed, as the case may be.
(2) In the case of any
document intended to be served, or the efficacy or use whereof depends upon
service, every such copy shall for the purpose of such service be deemed to be
the original document whereof it purports to be a copy.