Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00148:section:58
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00148
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 58
Character Range: 96459–97566

58  Copies of, or extracts from, certain books, accounts and documents
 (1) A copy of, or an extract from, a book, account or document to which subsection 46(1) or 47(1) or paragraph 62(5)(f) applies, is admissible in evidence in a proceeding as if the copy were the original book, account or document or the extract were the relevant part of original book, account or document.
 (2) A copy of, or an extract from, a book, account or document is not admissible in evidence under subsection (1) unless it is proved that the copy or extract is a true copy of the book, account or document, or of the relevant part of the book, account or document.
 (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a person who has compared:
 (a) a copy of a book, account or document with the book, account or document; or
 (b) an extract from a book, account or document, with the relevant part of the book, account or document;
may give evidence, either orally or by an affidavit or statutory declaration, that the copy or extract is a true copy of the book, account or document, or relevant part of the book, account or document.