FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 216

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 216

216 .         Certificates etc. of birth, death or marriage — FLA s. 102

                In proceedings under this Act, a court may receive as evidence of the facts stated in it a document purporting to be either the original or a certified copy of —

            (a)         a certificate, entry or record of a birth, death or marriage alleged to have taken place whether in Australia or elsewhere; or

            (b)         an entry in a register of parentage information kept under the law of the Commonwealth or of a State, Territory or prescribed overseas jurisdiction.