Serious Fraud Office Act 1990

Miscellaneous provisions - Provisions relating to Public Service Act 2020 and other matters

32: Judicial notice of signature of Director

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"The court automatically accepts the Director's signature as real."

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You do not need to prove the Director's signature is real. The court will accept it as genuine. The court will also accept that the person who signed is the Director.

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31: Chief executive of Serious Fraud Office, or

"The boss of the Serious Fraud Office is called the Director."

33: Delegation of functions or powers, or

"When someone else can do a job or make a decision for the Serious Fraud Office"

Part 4Miscellaneous provisions
Provisions relating to Public Service Act 2020 and other matters

32Judicial notice of signature of Director

Judicial notice shall be taken of the signature of the Director and of the fact that the person whose signature it purports to be holds office as the Director.