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Bail Act 2000

Miscellaneous provisions

73A: Authentication of documents

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When you get a warrant under the Bail Act 2000, the judicial officer or Registrar who gives it to you must authenticate it. You authenticate a document by signing and dating it, or if it is electronic, by using a method that shows who you are and when you authenticated it. If you need to swear something is true, like an affidavit, you must sign and date it. If someone says a document is not authenticated, you can assume it is, unless they can prove it is not. You can find more information about this in section 40 of the Bail Amendment Act 2013. This helps make sure documents are real and trustworthy.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions

73AAuthentication of documents

  1. Any warrant issued under this Act must be authenticated by the judicial officer or Registrar who issues the warrant.

  2. The person who is required to authenticate a document (including a notice of bail or bail bond) under this Act does so—

  3. by signing and dating the document; or
    1. in the case of a document in electronic form, by any electronic means that adequately identifies that person and the date of authentication.

      1. However, an affidavit or other document required to be sworn must be signed and dated.

      2. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, any document is to be treated as having been authenticated in accordance with this section.

      Notes
      • Section 73A: inserted, on , by section 40 of the Bail Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 66).