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Evidence Amendment Act 1963

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Verification of documents executed out of New Zealand

Evidence Amendment Act 1963

Public Act		1963 No 87
Date of assent		23 October 1963

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Verification of documents executed out of New Zealand
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Evidence Act 1908

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Evidence Amendment Act 1963, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Evidence Act 1908.

2 Verification of documents executed out of New Zealand

Section 6 of the Evidence Amendment Act 1952 is hereby amended by repealing the definition of the term “Commonwealth representative” in subsection (3), and substituting the following definition:

“‘Commonwealth representative’ means any Ambassador, High Commissioner, Commissioner, Minister, Counsellor, Charge d’Affaires, Head of Mission, Consular Officer, Pro-consul, Trade Commissioner, or Tourist Commissioner of a Commonwealth country (including New Zealand); and includes any person lawfully acting for any such officer; and also includes any diplomatic secretary on the staff of any such Ambassador, High Commissioner, Commissioner, Minister, Counsellor, Charge d’Affaires, or Head of Mission.”

This Act is administered in the Department of Justice.

Evidence Amendment Act 1963