Section 202: Receivable documents
577.This section provides that documentation may be received in evidence, under proceedings in Part 1 and Part 2 cases, when certain conditions are met.
578.A Part 1 warrant is receivable (subsection (1)). Any other documentation issued in a category 1 territory or a category 2 territory is receivable if it is duly authenticated (subsections (2) and (3)).
579.Subsection (4) provides that a document is duly authenticated only if:
it purports to be signed by a judge, magistrate or other judicial authority of the relevant territory; or
it purports to be authenticated by the oath or affirmation of a witness.
580.However, a document that is not duly authenticated is not prevented from being received in proceedings under this Act (subsection (5)).