Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Evidence of any
proclamation, order in council, commission, order, regulation, or other
instrument whatsoever made or issued before or after the commencement of this
Act by the Governor-General of the Commonwealth, or by the Governor of any
State or of any Australasian colony, or by or under the authority of any
Minister of the Crown for the Commonwealth, or for any State or Australasian
colony, or of any public commission or board, may be given in any court or
before any person acting judicially in any of the following modes, that is to
say —
(a) by
the production of a copy of the Gazette purporting to contain the same;
(b) by
the production of a document purporting to be a copy thereof, and purporting
to be printed by the Government Printer or by the authority of the Government;
(c) by
the production (in the case of any proclamation, order, commission, or
regulation issued or made by the Governor-General of the Commonwealth) of a
document purporting to be certified by the Secretary to the Federal Executive
Council as a true copy thereof or extract therefrom;
(d) by
the production (in the case of any proclamation, order in council, commission,
order, regulation, or other instrument whatsoever made or issued by the
Governor of any State, or of any Australasian colony) of a copy or extract
purporting to be certified by the Clerk of the Executive Council of such State
or Australasian colony;
(e) by
the production (in the case of any proclamation, order, commission,
regulation, or other instrument made or issued by or under the authority of
any Minister of the Crown) of a document purporting to be certified as a true
copy thereof or extract therefrom by such Minister or any other Minister of
the Crown.
(2) No proof shall be
required of the handwriting or official position of any person certifying in
pursuance of this section.