Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00233:section:39
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00233
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 39
Character Range: 46793–47433

39  Lesser formalities for authentication etc.
  This Part does not prevent an Australian court, or a person exercising a function or power under an Australian law, requiring or accepting as evidence of:
 (a) the authenticity of the signature on a foreign public document; or
 (b) the capacity in which the person signing a foreign public document has acted; or
 (c) where appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp that a foreign public document bears;
a lesser formality than a certificate, issued under the Convention, placed on or annexed to the foreign public document.

Part 6—Taking evidence for proceedings in foreign courts