Evidence Act Amendment Act of 1959 (8 Eliz Ii No. 46) (Qld)

ti$ueettslmtfc 185 ANNO OCTAVO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE. ♦ ♦■♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦•-♦♦♦♦•♦•♦I No. 46. An Act to Amend "The Evidence Act 1898," in certain particulars. [A ssented to 9 th D ecember , 1959.] B E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— i 1.(1.) This Act may be cited as “ The Evidence short title. Act Amendment Act of 1959.” (2.) “ The Evidence Act, 1898 ” is in this Act Principal referred to as the Principal Act. Aot' ; (3.) “ The Evidence and Discovery Acts, 1867 to Collective 1946,” and this Act may be collectively cited as “ The tltl6‘ Evidence and Discovery Acts, 1867 to 1959.” 2. Section two of the Principal Act is amended by Amendment repealing therein the definition of the expression ofs‘2’ “Australasian Colony ” and by inserting, in lieu of that repealed definition, the following definition :— “ (6) The expression “ Australasian Colony ” includes the Commonwealth of Australia and its dependencies and the States, Dominions, Colonies or Provinces (including their respective dependencies) of Fiji, New

186 EvidenceAct Amendment Act. 8 E liz . II. No. 46, 1959. . South Wales, New Zealand, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia and Queensland by whatever name such as State, Dominion, Colony or Province any of them was or is for the time being called, and also includes any British possession which may at any time be created in Her Majesty’s possessions in Australasia, and also includes any part of New Zealand dining such time as such part constituted a separate Colony or Province ; Amendments 3. Subsection two of section three of the Principal of s. 3 ( 2 ), Act is amended— (i.) By inserting after the words “ whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act,” the words “ or purporting to be a copy of any such Act incorporating all consequential amendments thereof to a certain date,” ; and (ii.) By inserting after the words “ shall primd facie be deemed to be a correct copy of such Act ”, the words “ or, as the case may be, of such Act as so amended ”.