Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Maintenance Act 1965 - SECT 105

Evidentiary

105. Evidentiary



(1) For the purposes of this Division and in proceedings under or arising out
of this Division, a document purporting to be-

   (a)  a certified copy of an order (including a provisional order) of a
        court;

   (b)  the record, or a certified copy of the record, of the evidence of a
        witness in proceedings before a court; or

   (c)  a certificate or notice of a kind referred to in this Division-

shall, unless the contrary is proved, be taken to be such a certified copy,
certificate or notice, and shall be admitted in evidence without proof of the
signature of the person purporting to have signed it or of his official
position.





(2) The depositions of a witness in proceedings before a court in another
Australian State or in a reciprocating country, received in Victoria for the
purposes of this Division, shall be admissible in evidence in proceedings
under this Division in a court in Victoria.