EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 65
EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 65
65 . Copies of public documents admissible in some cases
(1) Whenever in any
part of Her Majesty’s dominions any book or other document is of such a
public nature as to be admissible in evidence on its mere production from the
proper custody, any copy thereof or extract therefrom shall be admissible in
evidence in any court or before any person acting judicially, if —
(a) it
is proved to be an examined copy or extract; or
(b) it
purports to be signed and certified as a true copy or extract by the officer
to whose custody the original is entrusted.
(2) Every officer to
whose custody the original of any book or document of such a public nature as
aforesaid is entrusted in Western Australia is hereby required to furnish a
certified copy of such book or extract therefrom to any person applying at a
reasonable time, and paying a reasonable sum for the same, not exceeding 4
cents for every folio of 72 words.
[Section 65 amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 4(1).]