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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 56
56 Evidence of certain matters
- (1)
- A certificate by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and
Trade, or by an eligible person authorised by that
Minister to make such a certificate, stating that:
- (a)
- specified waters were, at a specified time:
- (i)
- part of the high seas; or
- (ii)
- within the coastal sea of Australia; or
- (b)
- a specified place was, at a specified time, a place
beyond the jurisdiction of any country;
is, for the purposes of any proceedings for an offence
against this Part, evidence of the facts stated in the
certificate.
- (2)
- In this section:
eligible person means an SES employee in the
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 2 .
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