Crimes Act 1914

Part IV - Piracy  

SECTION 56   Evidence of certain matters  

(1)    


A certificate by the Foreign Affairs Minister, 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 Foreign Affairs Department.





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