Evidence (Attestation of Documents) Act Amendment Act of 1950 (14 Geo Vi No. 5) (Qld)

EVIDENCE. 14 GEO. VI. No. 5,1950. Evidence (Attestation of Documents), Etc., Act. (4.) The Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations under and for the purposes of this Act, prescribing a scale of allowances to be paid to any witness summoned under this Act for his travelling expenses and maintenance while absent from his usual place of abode. (5.) All regulations made or purporting to be made under and for the purposes of this Act shall be published in the Gazette, and thereupon shall be judicially noticed. 75 An Act to Amend" The Evidence (Attestation of 14 G N E o O . . 5 V . I. Documents) Act of 1937" in certain particulars. EVI T D H E E NCE (ATTESTATION OF [ASSENTED TO 5TH OCTOBER, 1950.] DOCUAMCTENTS) AMENDMENT ACT OF B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1950. by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lativeAssembly of Queensland inParliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows;- 1. This Act may be cited as "The Evidence ~ hort (Attestation of Documents) Act Amendment Act of 1950," ~ ~ ; ~ t: ~ ­ and shall be read as one with *" The Evidence (Attestation tion. of Documents) Act of 1937," herein referred to as the Principal Act. The Principal Act and this Act may be collectively qollective cited as " The Evidence (Attestation of Documents) Acts, tItle. 1937 to 1950." 2. The following section is inserted after section New s. 3A three of teh P rm· C.lpa I Act, name 1 y;- . inserted. " [3A.] (1.) Where the Governor in Council is When satisfied- I ~ I o I v C e o r u n n o c ~ Il (a) That the provisions of this Act have ceased m~ y d to apply in respect of any country outside : ~ p~ ? ca­ of th~ s State to which this Act applied ~ ~ ~ 1~ t. when It was passed; and (b) That it is desirable that this Act should continue to apply in respect of that country, the Governor in Council may by Proclamation declare that this Act shall continue to apply in respect of that country. * 1 G. 6 No. 24.

76 EVIDENCE. Evidence (Attestation of Documents),Etc., Act. 14 GEO. VI. No. 5,1950. (2.) The Governor in Council may further declare in the Proclamation continuing the application of this Act in respect of a country that an office under the Government of that country named by him in that Proclamation shall, for the purposes of this Act, be equivalent to the office of a justice of the peace for Queensland. (3.) The Governor in Council may at any time and from time to time revoke, amend, or otherwise modify any and every Proclamation made by him under this section. (4.} Notwithstanding any Act or law or rule or process of law to the contrary, where by any Act of this State, or by any Order in Council, regulation, rule, or by-law made pursuant to any Act of this State, any document is required, authorised, or permitted to be attested or verified by or signed or sealed or sworn or acknowledged before a justice of the peace for this State, it shall be sufficient for all purposes if such document is attested or verified or signed or sealed or sworn or acknowledged in any country named ina Proclamation made under this section by or before any holder of the office under the Government of that country declared by that Proclamation to be, for the purposes of this Act, equivalent to the office of a justice of the peace for Queensland. All courts and persons acting judicially shall take judicial and official notice of any Proclamation made under this section, and of the signature of any holder of an office under the Government of a country declared by such Proclamation to be, for the purposes of this Act, equivalent to the office of a justice of the peace for Queensland when that signature is attached or appended to any such document and the place where such signature was so attached or appended purports to be shown." FINANCE (LOCAL GOVERNMENT). See LOCAL AUTHORITIES.