Evidence Act · s 81

Suggest a correction

Tell us what is wrong in this text. We check every suggestion against the official version before we change anything.

What is wrong?Wrong or mistyped wordsWrong structure or numberingWrong title or detailsText that appears twice

What should change, and whyUp to 2,000 characters.The text as it should read (optional)Edit the text above. Up to 20,000 characters.Where you checked it (optional)A link to the official version, if you have one.

The text as we hold it

Open the official text

s 81Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, private Acts of Parliament and other documents

The court shall presume the genuineness of every document purporting to be the Gazette, the London Gazette or the Government Gazette of any part of the Commonwealth, or to be the Gazette issued by the local

Government of any part of the Commonwealth, or to be a newspaper or journal, or to be a copy of a private Act of Parliament printed by the Queen’s

Printer, and of every document purporting to be a document directed by any law to be kept by any person, if such document is kept substantially in the form required by law and is produced from proper custody.

Evidence 68