Evidence Act 1973
No. 80 of 1973
AN ACT
To amend the Evidence Act 1905–1964.
[Assented to 19 June 1973]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the
Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Evidence Act 1973.
(2) The Evidence
Act 1905–1964, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Evidence Act 1905–1973.
Commencement.
2.This Act shall come into operation on a date to be
fixed by Proclamation.
3. Section 8 of the Evidence Act
1905–1964 is repealed and the following section substituted:—
Proof
of Gazette.
“8. (i) The mere production of a paper purporting to
be the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette shall
in all Courts be evidence that the paper is the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette and was published on the day on
which it bears date.
“(2) The mere production of a paper purporting to
be the Australian Government Gazette shall
in all Courts be evidence that the paper is the Australian Government Gazette